diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae31da11..01781720 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-99.9.9
+0.99.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6bad017e..4b6bfa95 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 toolchain go1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/registry-scanner v0.0.0-20250114144021-10a01f381aa7
+	github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/registry-scanner v0.99.0
 	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 v2.13.2
 	github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20240905010810-bd7681ae3f8b
 	github.com/argoproj/pkg v0.13.7-0.20230627120311-a4dd357b057e
diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index e362df01..a5ee7489 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: v0.99.0
 
 resources:
 - ./config
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 49b2ce80..a72f569e 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ spec:
               key: log.level
               name: argocd-image-updater-config
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater:latest
+        image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater:v0.99.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: