diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7906e6e0..41447f68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v1.30.1](https://github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager/releases/tag/v1.30.1)
+
+### Datacenter Deprecation
+
+The `server.datacenter` field is deprecated and will be removed from the API response after July 2026: https://docs.hetzner.cloud/changelog#2025-12-16-phasing-out-datacenters
+
+To avoid a breaking change in HCCM, we decided to statically map from the old location names to the existing datacenter names for the `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` label. For new locations we will return the location name without a `-dcxx` suffix.
+
+Deployments of `hcloud-cloud-controller-manager` that are not updated when the field is removed from the API will **panic** with the following error:
+
+"Observed a panic" panic="runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" panicGoValue="\"invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference\""
+
+We have published an RFC which details how we want to continue utilizing the labels `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` and `topology.kubernetes.io/region`: https://github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager/issues/1146#issuecomment-3919929223
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- statically map deprecated datacenter names (#1159)
+
 ## [v1.30.0](https://github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager/releases/tag/v1.30.0)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/chart/.snapshots/default.yaml b/chart/.snapshots/default.yaml
index 1a9a29d6..30a2d798 100644
--- a/chart/.snapshots/default.yaml
+++ b/chart/.snapshots/default.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ spec:
                   key: robot-user
                   name: hcloud
                   optional: true
-          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.1 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 8233
diff --git a/chart/.snapshots/full.daemonset.yaml b/chart/.snapshots/full.daemonset.yaml
index 0b159313..1faf7b6e 100644
--- a/chart/.snapshots/full.daemonset.yaml
+++ b/chart/.snapshots/full.daemonset.yaml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ spec:
                   key: robot-user
                   name: hcloud
                   optional: true
-          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.1 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 8233
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index 8fd1b945..10521676 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: hcloud-cloud-controller-manager
 type: application
-version: 1.30.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+version: 1.30.1 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
diff --git a/deploy/ccm-networks.yaml b/deploy/ccm-networks.yaml
index c6bb926f..445902a9 100644
--- a/deploy/ccm-networks.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ccm-networks.yaml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   key: network
                   name: hcloud
-          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.1 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 8233
diff --git a/deploy/ccm.yaml b/deploy/ccm.yaml
index 56e8bd01..d1ba79d7 100644
--- a/deploy/ccm.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ccm.yaml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ spec:
                   key: robot-user
                   name: hcloud
                   optional: true
-          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+          image: docker.io/hetznercloud/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager:v1.30.1 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
           ports:
             - name: metrics
               containerPort: 8233