diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c656b946f3..0427c17636 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   ".": "2.3.0",
   "keptn-cert-manager": "2.2.2",
-  "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.7",
+  "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.8",
   "runtimes/deno-runtime": "3.0.0",
   "lifecycle-operator": "1.2.0",
   "metrics-operator": "1.1.1"
diff --git a/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
index 899ae6d111..19d74fab29 100644
--- a/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.8](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/python-runtime-v1.0.7...python-runtime-v1.0.8) (2024-11-11)
+
+
+### Other
+
+* **python-runtime:** remove pinned version of libexpat ([#3844](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/3844)) ([8f23af5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8f23af58addbbb83d81248b7025b923668f6d39e))
+
 ## [1.0.7](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/python-runtime-v1.0.6...python-runtime-v1.0.7) (2024-11-04)