diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index df359fb30..bfa3536e3 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ## Next release
 
+- TODO
+
+## 0.40.4
+
+**Release date:** 13 Jan 2025
+
+![Helm: v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Helm-v3.14%2B-informational?color=informational&logo=helm&link=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhelm%2Fhelm%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Fv3.14.0) ![AppVersion: v0.51.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/v0.51.3-success?logo=VictoriaMetrics&labelColor=gray&link=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.victoriametrics.com%2Foperator%2Fchangelog%23v0513)
+
 - updates operator to [v0.51.3](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/releases/tag/v0.51.3) version
 
 ## 0.40.3
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/README.md b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/README.md
index 6801919f3..deda82eed 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/0.40.3-gray?logo=Helm&labelColor=gray&link=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.victoriametrics.com%2Fhelm%2Fvictoria-metrics-operator%2Fchangelog%2F%230403)
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/0.40.4-gray?logo=Helm&labelColor=gray&link=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.victoriametrics.com%2Fhelm%2Fvictoria-metrics-operator%2Fchangelog%2F%230404)
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