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+# Release v0.32.0
+
+- chore: fix: finalize was missing from the octx context (#799)
+- chore: bump containerd 1.7.x (#949)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+<details>
+<summary>14 changes</summary>
+
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 (#980)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#979)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 8 updates (#975)
+- chore(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.81.1 to 1.82.1 (#973)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 2 updates (#969)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0 (#967)
+- chore(deps): bump oras.land/oras-go/v2 from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 (#963)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group across 1 directory with 5 updates (#964)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group across 1 directory with 9 updates (#960)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2 (#957)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 from 2.0.6 to 2.1.0 (#956)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.42.0 to 1.42.1 in the go group (#953)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 (#948)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 9 updates (#947)
+</details>
+
+## ⬆️ Dependencies
+
+<details>
+<summary>14 changes</summary>
+
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 (#980)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#979)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 8 updates (#975)
+- chore(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.81.1 to 1.82.1 (#973)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 2 updates (#969)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0 (#967)
+- chore(deps): bump oras.land/oras-go/v2 from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 (#963)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group across 1 directory with 5 updates (#964)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group across 1 directory with 9 updates (#960)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2 (#957)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/v2 from 2.0.6 to 2.1.0 (#956)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.42.0 to 1.42.1 in the go group (#953)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 (#948)
+- chore(deps): bump the go group with 9 updates (#947)
+</details>
diff --git a/pkg/version/release.go b/pkg/version/release.go
index fde30b43..434f4600 100644
--- a/pkg/version/release.go
+++ b/pkg/version/release.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package version
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the version number in semver format "vX.Y.Z", prefixed with "v".
-var ReleaseVersion = "v0.31.0"
+var ReleaseVersion = "v0.32.0"
 
 // ReleaseCandidate is the release candidate ID in format "rc.X", which will be appended to the release version.
 var ReleaseCandidate = "rc.1"