diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d586d5e45e..e018dd2ecd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/bash
 # This value must be updated to the release tag of the most recent release, a change that must
 # occur in the release commit. IMAGE_VERSION will be removed once each subproject that uses this
 # version is moved to a separate repo and release process.
-export IMAGE_VERSION = v1.36.0
+export IMAGE_VERSION = v1.37.0
 # Build-time variables to inject into binaries
 export SIMPLE_VERSION = $(shell (test "$(shell git describe --tags)" = "$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)" && echo $(shell git describe --tags)) || echo $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)+git)
 export GIT_VERSION = $(shell git describe --dirty --tags --always)
diff --git a/changelog/fragments/01-template.yaml b/changelog/fragments/01-template.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a83b36f349..0000000000
--- a/changelog/fragments/01-template.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# entries is a list of entries to include in
-# release notes and/or the migration guide
-entries:
-  - description: >
-      Remove the Quarkus plugin (java-operator-plugins integration).
-
-    # kind is one of:
-    # - addition
-    # - change
-    # - deprecation
-    # - removal
-    # - bugfix
-    kind: "removal"
-
-    # Is this a breaking change?
-    breaking: true
-
-    # NOTE: ONLY USE `pull_request_override` WHEN ADDING THIS
-    # FILE FOR A PREVIOUSLY MERGED PULL_REQUEST!
-    #
-    # The generator auto-detects the PR number from the commit
-    # message in which this file was originally added.
-    #
-    # What is the pull request number (without the "#")?
-    # pull_request_override: 0
-
-
-    # Migration can be defined to automatically add a section to
-    # the migration guide. This is required for breaking changes.
-    migration:
-      header: Migrate to the Quarkus extension provided bootstrap
-      body: |
-        From now on, you can bootstrap your Quarkus-based operator
-        with the provided Quarkus tools as described in the bootstrapping
-        instructions - https://github.com/quarkiverse/quarkus-operator-sdk?tab=readme-ov-file#bootstrapping-a-project. 
diff --git a/changelog/fragments/02-remove-helm-hybrid-plugin.yaml b/changelog/fragments/02-remove-helm-hybrid-plugin.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f294bc7c7e..0000000000
--- a/changelog/fragments/02-remove-helm-hybrid-plugin.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# entries is a list of entries to include in
-# release notes and/or the migration guide
-entries:
-  - description: >
-      (hybrid.helm/v1-alpha) Remove hybrid-helm v1-alpha support, due to low adoption, in favor of maintenance simplicity. 
-
-    # kind is one of:
-    # - addition
-    # - change
-    # - deprecation
-    # - removal
-    # - bugfix
-    kind: "removal"
-
-    # Is this a breaking change?
-    breaking: true
-
-    # Migration can be defined to automatically add a section to
-    # the migration guide. This is required for breaking changes.
-    migration:
-      header: Remove hybrid-helm v1-alpha support
-      body: |
-        As an operator author you can switch to a go-based operator. 
diff --git a/changelog/generated/v1.37.0.md b/changelog/generated/v1.37.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..399a2f86fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/generated/v1.37.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## v1.37.0
+
+### Removals
+
+- **Breaking change**: Remove the Quarkus plugin (java-operator-plugins integration). ([#6824](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6824))
+- **Breaking change**: (hybrid.helm/v1-alpha) Remove hybrid-helm v1-alpha support, due to low adoption, in favor of maintenance simplicity. ([#6833](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6833))
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
index da55ad96e5..aaf374d37d 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
index aae48c75b3..fd6200ae97 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
index 1f6b088ee7..a547ce213d 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
index da55ad96e5..aaf374d37d 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
index aae48c75b3..fd6200ae97 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
index 1f6b088ee7..a547ce213d 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile
index 2a861174e5..9abcc9d8af 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM quay.io/operator-framework/helm-operator:v1.36.0
+FROM quay.io/operator-framework/helm-operator:v1.37.0
 
 ENV HOME=/opt/helm
 COPY watches.yaml ${HOME}/watches.yaml
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
index e5840b53aa..654a8040bc 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ ifeq (,$(shell which helm-operator 2>/dev/null))
 	@{ \
 	set -e ;\
 	mkdir -p $(dir $(HELM_OPERATOR)) ;\
-	curl -sSLo $(HELM_OPERATOR) https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/v1.36.0/helm-operator_$(OS)_$(ARCH) ;\
+	curl -sSLo $(HELM_OPERATOR) https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/v1.37.0/helm-operator_$(OS)_$(ARCH) ;\
 	chmod +x $(HELM_OPERATOR) ;\
 	}
 else
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
index da55ad96e5..aaf374d37d 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/bundle/tests/scorecard/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   - entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
index aae48c75b3..fd6200ae97 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/basic.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - basic-check-spec
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: basic
       test: basic-check-spec-test
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
index 1f6b088ee7..a547ce213d 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/config/scorecard/patches/olm.config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-bundle-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-bundle-validation-test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-validation
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-validation-test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-crds-have-resources
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-crds-have-resources-test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-spec-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-spec-descriptors-test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     entrypoint:
     - scorecard-test
     - olm-status-descriptors
-    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.36.0
+    image: quay.io/operator-framework/scorecard-test:v1.37.0
     labels:
       suite: olm
       test: olm-status-descriptors-test
diff --git a/website/config.toml b/website/config.toml
index 6caa866a9d..5ca3156261 100644
--- a/website/config.toml
+++ b/website/config.toml
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ url_latest_version = "https://sdk.operatorframework.io"
 
 ##RELEASE_ADDME##
 
+[[params.versions]]
+  version = "v1.37"
+  url = "https://v1-37-x.sdk.operatorframework.io"
+  kube_version = "1.29.0"
+  client_go_version = "v0.29.3"
+
 [[params.versions]]
   version = "v1.36"
   url = "https://v1-36-x.sdk.operatorframework.io"
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/installation/_index.md b/website/content/en/docs/installation/_index.md
index 7eee76731e..7c4609b1ff 100644
--- a/website/content/en/docs/installation/_index.md
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/installation/_index.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export OS=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 Download the binary for your platform:
 
 ```sh
-export OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL=https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/v1.36.0
+export OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL=https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/v1.37.0
 curl -LO ${OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL}/operator-sdk_${OS}_${ARCH}
 ```
 
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/upgrading-sdk-version/v1.37.0.md b/website/content/en/docs/upgrading-sdk-version/v1.37.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..060442d57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/upgrading-sdk-version/v1.37.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+title: v1.37.0
+weight: 998963000
+---
+
+## Migrate to the Quarkus extension provided bootstrap
+
+From now on, you can bootstrap your Quarkus-based operator
+with the provided Quarkus tools as described in the bootstrapping
+instructions - https://github.com/quarkiverse/quarkus-operator-sdk?tab=readme-ov-file#bootstrapping-a-project.
+
+_See [#6824](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6824) for more details._
+
+## Remove hybrid-helm v1-alpha support
+
+As an operator author you can switch to a go-based operator.
+
+_See [#6833](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/6833) for more details._