diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7e08ec6a..ee2bfff4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.9.2"
+  ".": "0.9.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44197e56..6d6b129d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to LLMKube will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.3](https://github.com/defilantech/LLMKube/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.3) (2026-07-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **controller:** drop invalid --enable-metrics flag from vLLM runtime ([#1031](https://github.com/defilantech/LLMKube/issues/1031)) ([9b9450d](https://github.com/defilantech/LLMKube/commit/9b9450dd2cdaf1df5874209778f11eaf2ba89bbc))
+
 ## [0.9.2](https://github.com/defilantech/LLMKube/compare/v0.9.1...v0.9.2) (2026-07-09)
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 99538fa9..778f310c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
-IMG ?= ghcr.io/defilantech/llmkube-controller:0.9.2 # x-release-please-version
+IMG ?= ghcr.io/defilantech/llmkube-controller:0.9.3 # x-release-please-version
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
diff --git a/charts/foreman/Chart.yaml b/charts/foreman/Chart.yaml
index 9d65ebb0..d60ce6cf 100644
--- a/charts/foreman/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/foreman/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ description: |
   coupling is that the foreman-operator's RBAC reads inference.llmkube.dev
   CRDs that llmkube installs.
 type: application
-version: 0.9.2
-appVersion: 0.9.2
+version: 0.9.3
+appVersion: 0.9.3
 keywords:
   - llmkube
   - foreman
diff --git a/charts/llmkube/Chart.yaml b/charts/llmkube/Chart.yaml
index 0395f644..3d17ffb2 100644
--- a/charts/llmkube/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/llmkube/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ description: >-
   A Helm chart for LLMKube - Kubernetes operator for GPU-accelerated LLM
   inference
 type: application
-version: 0.9.2
-appVersion: 0.9.2
+version: 0.9.3
+appVersion: 0.9.3
 keywords:
   - llm
   - kubernetes
diff --git a/pkg/cli/version.go b/pkg/cli/version.go
index 6ed90b20..f5d5a126 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// Version is set during build via ldflags or updated by release-please
-	Version = "0.9.2" // x-release-please-version
+	Version = "0.9.3" // x-release-please-version
 	// GitCommit is set during build
 	GitCommit = "unknown"
 	// BuildDate is set during build