diff --git a/deploy/helm/CHANGELOG.md b/deploy/helm/CHANGELOG.md
index 66589a56..656abf36 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.8.0-alpha.4] - 2023-10-09
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Detection of Node name for Fargate Nodes's metrics
+- Recover in case the DaemonSet for log collection is stopped abruptly (e.g. the Node stops working)
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -22,13 +25,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Changing log message attributes to respect OTEL log format
 
 ### Fixed
+
 - Fixing nodeselector for kube-state-metrics so that it is deployed on linux nodes only
 
-## [2.8.0-alpha.2] - 2023-09-14
+## [2.8.0-alpha.2] - 2023-10-04
 
 ### Added
 
 - Add monitoring windows node logs
+
 ## [2.8.0-alpha.1] - 2023-09-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
index fcd1cf61..5ba1f669 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: swo-k8s-collector
-version: 2.8.0-alpha.3
+version: 2.8.0-alpha.4
 appVersion: "0.8.3"
 description: SolarWinds Kubernetes Integration
 keywords:
diff --git a/deploy/helm/tests/__snapshot__/logs-fargate-config-map_test.yaml.snap b/deploy/helm/tests/__snapshot__/logs-fargate-config-map_test.yaml.snap
index 0f72621c..d42e251e 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/tests/__snapshot__/logs-fargate-config-map_test.yaml.snap
+++ b/deploy/helm/tests/__snapshot__/logs-fargate-config-map_test.yaml.snap
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Fargate logging ConfigMap spec should include additional filters when they are c
           Match *
           Add sw.k8s.cluster.uid <CLUSTER_UID>
           Add sw.k8s.log.type container
-          Add sw.k8s.agent.manifest.version "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+          Add sw.k8s.agent.manifest.version "2.8.0-alpha.4"
     flb_log_cw: "false"
     output.conf: |
       [OUTPUT]
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Fargate logging ConfigMap spec should match snapshot when Fargate logging is ena
           Match *
           Add sw.k8s.cluster.uid <CLUSTER_UID>
           Add sw.k8s.log.type container
-          Add sw.k8s.agent.manifest.version "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+          Add sw.k8s.agent.manifest.version "2.8.0-alpha.4"
     flb_log_cw: "false"
     output.conf: |
       [OUTPUT]
diff --git a/tests/integration/expected_output.json b/tests/integration/expected_output.json
index 1f7caf67..3635ab76 100644
--- a/tests/integration/expected_output.json
+++ b/tests/integration/expected_output.json
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           {
             "key": "sw.k8s.agent.manifest.version",
             "value": {
-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.4"
             }
           },
           {
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
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-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.4"
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@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
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-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.4"
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-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.4"
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-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
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-              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.3"
+              "stringValue": "2.8.0-alpha.4"
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