diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0b9e26a64..dac16de63 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.10.0"
+  ".": "3.10.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1592daba..15534bc23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [3.10.1](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/compare/v3.10.0...v3.10.1) (2026-08-18)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **deps:** bump fluent-bit to 5.1.1 ([#2030](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/issues/2030)) ([00625bf](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/00625bfdaf4eefc64b787ad035245e8eaa8f3a80))
+
 ## [3.10.0](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/compare/v3.9.0...v3.10.0) (2026-08-14)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
index b947cd509..3ad2da1ac 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Fluent Bit. Provides full He
 type: application
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.10.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.10.1  # x-release-please-version
 keywords:
   - logging
   - fluent-bit
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
index 176e6b9e9..4ebef81d6 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Fluentd. Provides full Helm
 type: application
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.10.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.10.1  # x-release-please-version
 keywords:
   - logging
   - fluentd
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
index 5e5f89f18..14277cf27 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ keywords:
   - operator
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.10.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.10.1  # x-release-please-version
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluent/fluent-operator/master/docs/images/fluent-operator-icon.svg
 home: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator
 sources:
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 30291cba2..f870be23b 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.10.0
+3.10.1