diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
index f2fbd1cc0..4a614bdbf 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ type: application
 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: v1.32.0
+appVersion: v1.33.0
 maintainers:
   - name: "foundationdb-ci"
diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
index 7447e583d..b44cba08e 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 image:
   repository: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator
-  tag: v1.32.0
+  tag: v1.33.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 initContainers:
   6.2:
diff --git a/config/deployment/manager.yaml b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
index f615d9001..5b24618a2 100644
--- a/config/deployment/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - command:
             - /manager
-          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.32.0
+          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.33.0
           name: manager
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/config/samples/deployment.yaml b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
index 88753e39f..4bcbb0f66 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:v1.32.0
+        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.33.0
         name: manager
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/docs/changelog/v1.33.0.md b/docs/changelog/v1.33.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0834dbdd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/v1.33.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# v1.33.0
+
+## Changes
+
+### Operator
+
+* Allow to specify the storage engine when running e2e tests [#1948](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1948)
+* Allow to specify a cluster name in test suite [#1946](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1946)
+* Correct docs and improve log output [#1945](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1945)
+* add podName selection functions [#1944](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1944)
+* Add support for replacing failed process groups in a fault domain [#1943](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1943)
+* Let the operator requeue another reconcile attempt if more failed process groups are detected [#1942](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1942)
+* use common process selection function in buggify crash-loop, buggify no-schedule, and restart commands [#1941](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1941)
+* Add condition selection option to common processGroup selection function [#1940](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1940)
+* Only log if the command was not timing out [#1939](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1939)
+* Don't skip the exclusion for process groups without an address when using localities [#1938](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1938)
+* Create a unified process selection function and use it in removeProcessGroups [#1937](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1937)
+* Improve verbosity of cordon and remove process commands [#1936](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1936)
+* Allow the remove sub command to remove by process class [#1935](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1935)
+* add ProcessGroupIdPrefix to testing generateClusterStruct and correct test cases [#1934](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1934)
+* If the database is unavailable and caching is enabled, allow operator to proceed [#1932](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1932)
+* Making the cluster argument optional when we are removing pods in the… [#1930](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1930)
+* Remove the global admin mutex for the admin client [#1929](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1929)
+* Reduce the update calls for the FoundationDB resource [#1926](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1926)
+* Make sure we test the status conditions before running the configure command [#1852](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1852)