diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0ab43f..7d9adc6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+## [0.21.0] - 2026-09-01
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(logging)* Remove Kafka log support and migrate to VictoriaLogs exclusively
+- *(logging)* Remove VictoriaLogs feature flag and make support always enabled
+- *(memory)* Classify denied memory growth as out-of-memory during instantiation
+- *(logging)* Revert Kafka log variant to Log enum
+- *(metrics)* Add live/peak gauges for concurrent WASM instances
+- *(redis)* Implement connection pooling for Redis backend
+- *(kvrocks)* Add pool size limits for RedisStore connections
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Filter out cdn-loop header and ensure content-type fallback behavior
+- *(hostnames)* Enhance hostname validation to reject loopback and cloud metadata addresses
+- *(instances)* Update peak gauge description and logic for accurate scraping
+- *(http)* Classify execution errors and update timeout handling
+- *(tracing)* Change span type from info to error for better logging
+- *(tracing)* Ensure proper span context during async request processing
+- Unify timeout handling for elapsed deadlines
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- *(tests)* Improve readability of assertions in test cases
+
+### ⚡ Performance
+
+- Selective executor cache invalidation and non-blocking cold starts
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- *(dependencies)* Update various crate versions in Cargo.lock
+- *(metrics)* Remove redundant tokio metrics, add client/kind labels, fix docs
+- Remove FOSSA configuration file
 ## [0.20.0] - 2026-07-13
 
 ### 🚀 Features
@@ -8,6 +43,10 @@
 ### 🚜 Refactor
 
 - Improve Redis error tracing with detailed context and adjust instrumentation annotations
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Release
 ## [0.19.0] - 2026-06-30
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66e90bf..6882128 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ checksum = "3d7c8918969267b2932ffd5655509bbbea0833823058c378876953217f5fc50e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cache"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "reactor",
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastedge-run"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-backend"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "claims",
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-service"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "key-value-store"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "reactor",
@@ -2775,7 +2775,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reactor"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "wasmtime",
 ]
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "runtime"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ checksum = "0cd08a21f852bd2fe42e3b2a6c76a0db6a95a5b5bd29c0521dd0b30fa1712ec8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "secret"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "reactor",
@@ -3826,7 +3826,7 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utils"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "reactor",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e3c6101..5074625 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 authors = ["FastEdge Development Team"]