diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a3cdb50..0bb6dd15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 0.24.4
+
+**Release date:** 2022-04-28
+
+This prerelease ensures we recover from Kustomize build panics to guarantee
+continuity of operations when running into invalid object data.
+
+In addition, handling of file formats while decrypting Secret generator entries
+with SOPS has been improved to ensure encrypted files in format A can be
+decrypted to target format B.
+
+Fixes:
+- Use Secret generator keys for SOPS format hint
+  [#636](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/pull/636)
+
+Improvements:
+- generator: recover from kustomize build panics
+  [#637](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/pull/637)
+
 ## 0.24.3
 
 **Release date:** 2022-04-22
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index f802e592..5f862554 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/kustomize-controller
     newName: fluxcd/kustomize-controller
-    newTag: v0.24.3
+    newTag: v0.24.4
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69fd832b..68db031b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/drone/envsubst v1.0.3
-	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v0.24.3
+	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v0.24.4
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.0.3
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v0.3.3
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.12.2