diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b985ff6..466df71 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.1"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f34c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.1.0](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/compare/0.0.1...0.1.0) (2025-12-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* vm disk image mvp implementation ([#10](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/10)) ([1b02b1a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/1b02b1abea3175717ec0951096df9cbc69c472aa))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update golang docker tag to v1.25 ([62e7e7d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/62e7e7de8a15adde271a5e5f95bf4c6d99e1168f))
+* **deps:** update k8s.io/utils digest to bc988d5 ([#14](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/14)) ([0060f2f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/0060f2fbfd9c02420144933138e679fa645241a4))
+* **deps:** update kubernetes packages to v0.34.2 ([#1](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/1)) ([b61d5ec](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b61d5ecc5226fd4623d3f67cb9836219902df928))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6 to v8 ([#16](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/16)) ([f9cc1f4](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/f9cc1f4146f0370eaaad85bcb1e8fd904a2262f7))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6 to v8 ([#22](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/22)) ([f924f4a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/f924f4acc136e738caa9d705ffc464949f859304))
+* **deps:** update module go.uber.org/zap to v1.27.1 ([#15](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/15)) ([9a593a8](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/9a593a8d9cb442f4fedaeac5419a3978cffe6afd))
+* **deps:** update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.22.4 ([#6](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/6)) ([6bf3daa](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/6bf3daa3e4b91b7291e97e0fb94f95d2ac1bd67f))
+* remove default to dev mode config ([#18](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/18)) ([ffa3a7a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/ffa3a7a40e1af09277e83da98f8f2cd5d8aae29e))
+* rename the chart so it doesn't conflict with the repo name ([#32](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/32)) ([335116b](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/335116b0091549091c76eae95302bc1b5e629a8a))
+* **renovate:** don't always use fix for deps updates ([36ba49f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/36ba49fff0d118b032f44aa80fdca0902ca0128a))
+
+
+### Refactors
+
+* restructure charts structure and release-please artifacts publishing ([#47](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/47)) ([caac69d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/caac69d8e4eba6ed2a74ca310de29de41ffbed6c))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* add air to hot reload the operator for local development ([#11](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/11)) ([74a3238](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/74a32387eebe4f5ddac07c3f1a5bdfa3d97054c1))
+* configure release please to do chart releases ([#24](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/24)) ([8c1f881](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/8c1f8819760af02d67c808e57e00635b885569cf))
+* fix chart name issue ([#33](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/33)) ([88bcfd3](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/88bcfd3ea1090c491d8f1d6e0c9d567f1054f6f5))
+* fix var mismatch, reverted package strings in workflow checks, fix readme generation loop ([#36](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/36)) ([4cf71cc](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/4cf71cc86d6223ba6a4038dd0d520f8ce609db1b))
+* helm chart ([#17](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/17)) ([b81ad2c](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b81ad2cedd754e1be9844022e803edcc5792a981))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator 1.0.0 ([#25](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/25)) ([b3e498f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b3e498fe901e8a8196c2e1cf1243ac230bb28728))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.1 ([#28](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/28)) ([3cb4431](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/3cb4431ec2d7d27d376b31f1389d92558be1d7a1))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.1 ([#46](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/46)) ([1328cdc](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/1328cdce9ae5e6d13f9550390952735b7b3a1abd))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.2 ([#31](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/31)) ([9078e2d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/9078e2da4a0bb13182a5ab8fcbd48203185aa902))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.3 ([#34](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/34)) ([7c6c118](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/7c6c118f771ee8ce7c799b721377dc9136c0c72b))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.4 ([#35](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/35)) ([65ab562](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/65ab5623b50709051e96d1997e52e2c7d5325f7a))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.5 ([#37](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/37)) ([10e60a2](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/10e60a293237c98c2c8b72583cbeeda85cb4a502))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.6 ([#40](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/40)) ([00ae033](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/00ae033d4349be39dd38de7d232fa209a27c7463))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.7 ([#42](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/42)) ([b1fb083](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b1fb0835d49081bde714e822d6a27c764ad765d6))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator-chart 1.0.8 ([#44](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/44)) ([56d5966](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/56d59666d548528fb15ec24d339cdfd5b3382318))
+* manually bump chart readme version ([78c0e80](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/78c0e80b7225269f1165f96b4d9ffdab265d1df8))
+* readme and action tuning ([#43](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/43)) ([8e6dc16](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/8e6dc16aa13adacdca7009b834cda088e4489b1b))
+* release please test ([#39](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/39)) ([48aeac5](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/48aeac5daae5aaecc53afe7f44d88042987f9d8c))
+* revert release please ([#45](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/45)) ([021b7ea](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/021b7ea2c813be67642e2fb55b64c2460e22ed87))
+* update actions to handle chart and app releases ([#26](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/26)) ([281e9a4](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/281e9a4712f384b999e5fdf3b28ff3fea619d701))
+* update chart repository ([#41](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/41)) ([b2982ca](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b2982ca38288311b3a52f4e0a80983fd0545eab0))
+* use path not chart_path ([#30](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/30)) ([1d1f4a3](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/1d1f4a392da0d59ace3e1bbb4d0bc18827048bb4))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* readme clean up ([#21](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/21)) ([6c36e16](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/6c36e16f8a0da051c5aef324d6ac9e4756792a0c))
+* spelling ([c575c9d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/c575c9dc32409a076c07c8738fb1b7c6584baaac))
+* update proposal ([c312180](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/c312180b6fe1c7c1e60ac6d74622f5c76f6909e4))
diff --git a/charts/data-sync-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/data-sync-operator/Chart.yaml
index 3531fdb..bfcf31b 100644
--- a/charts/data-sync-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/data-sync-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: data-sync-operator
 description: A Helm chart to distribute the project data-sync-operator
 type: application
 # x-release-please-start-version
-version: 0.0.1
-appVersion: "0.0.1"
+version: 0.1.0
+appVersion: "0.1.0"
 # x-release-please-end
 icon: "https://example.com/icon.png"
diff --git a/charts/data-sync-operator/README.md b/charts/data-sync-operator/README.md
index a50ec02..a1f0022 100644
--- a/charts/data-sync-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/data-sync-operator/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # data-sync-operator
 
-### version: 0.0.1<!-- x-release-please-version -->
+### version: 0.1.0<!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
-### appVersion: 0.0.1 <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+### appVersion: 0.1.0 <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
 A Helm chart to distribute the project data-sync-operator