diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 00a5aedf..38ca002f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.38.0"
+  ".": "1.38.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f0ff25a..1f75f7e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.38.1](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/compare/v1.38.0...v1.38.1) (2026-07-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **controller:** surface a durable restart signal when a sandbox's VM is destroyed and replaced ([#875](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues/875)) ([5a3c054](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/commit/5a3c0542cda08b16151d64fe8185b9d6515db78e)), closes [#870](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues/870)
+* **controller:** write the fork mem file when a child will spill, so fork(n) stops hanging ([#874](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues/874)) ([dcd4187](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/commit/dcd41875dc530ec1cd49d1785c12ce650f744fca))
+* **husk:** stop copying 512 MiB into the live-cow guest memfd on every warm-claim activate ([#869](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues/869)) ([8fef611](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/commit/8fef6118cd66d863a88404dd6c9ebf55b58f4686))
+
 ## [1.38.0](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/compare/v1.37.2...v1.38.0) (2026-07-08)
 
 
diff --git a/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
index 5608f7cd..c2467bd9 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ name: mitos
 # lifecycle through the mitos.run CRDs.
 description: Snapshot-fork sandboxes for AI agents on Kubernetes.
 type: application
-version: 1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
-appVersion: "v1.38.0" # x-release-please-version
+version: 1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: "v1.38.1" # x-release-please-version
 kubeVersion: ">=1.29.0-0"
 keywords:
   - sandbox
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ annotations:
       url: https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues
   artifacthub.io/images: |
     - name: controller
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-controller:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-controller:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: forkd
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-forkd:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-forkd:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: husk-stub
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-husk-stub:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-husk-stub:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: kvm-device-plugin
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-kvm-device-plugin:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-kvm-device-plugin:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: facade
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-facade:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-facade:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: console
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-console:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-console:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
     - name: gateway
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-gateway:v1.38.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-gateway:v1.38.1 # x-release-please-version
   artifacthub.io/crds: |
     - kind: SandboxPool
       version: v1