# Release notes for version 0.72.5

**Release date:** 16 Mar 2026

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- bump node-exporter dependency chart to version 4.52.0
- bump kube-state-metrics dependency chart to version 7.2.1
- added vmdistributed support as alternative to vmsingle and vmcluster
- updates operator to [v0.68.2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/releases/tag/v0.68.2) version
- bump version of VM components to [v1.138.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.138.0)
- bump grafana dependency chart to version 11.3.2
- synced dashboards and rules