diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
index 00be5f71c..6a159bae5 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ version: 0.2.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
-appVersion: v1.29.0
+appVersion: v1.30.0
 
 maintainers:
   - name: "foundationdb-ci"
diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
index f2f0503f8..e73a7e4a3 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 image:
   repository: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator
-  tag: v1.29.0
+  tag: v1.30.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 initContainers:
diff --git a/config/deployment/manager.yaml b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
index 36e06a628..906e4a24d 100644
--- a/config/deployment/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - command:
         - /manager
-        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.29.0
+        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.30.0
         name: manager
         env:
           - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/config/samples/deployment.yaml b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
index 39661eaf2..6feeffe4a 100644
--- a/config/samples/deployment.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.29.0
+        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.30.0
         name: manager
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/docs/changelog/v1.30.0.md b/docs/changelog/v1.30.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feafc2872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/v1.30.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# v1.30.0
+
+## Changes
+
+### Operator
+
+* Enable 2 Storage Servers per default in test cases [#1904](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1904)
+* Add the informer for getting a Pod by the node name [#1903](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1903)
+* Document the logging fields that are commonly used in the operator logging statements [#1898](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1898)