diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index ff1f57902..7d564007e 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Deprecate `stackable_operator::logging::initialize_logging()`. It's recommended to use `stackable-telemetry` instead ([#950]).
+
+[#950]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/950
+
 ## [0.87.4] - 2025-03-17
 
+### Changed
+
+- Bump `kube` to 0.99.0 and `json-patch` to 4.0.0 ([#982]).
+
+[#982]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/982
+
 ## [0.87.3] - 2025-03-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
index 861edfa51..71a14045a 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ impl Default for TracingTarget {
 ///
 /// Log output can be copied to a file by setting `{env}_DIRECTORY` (e.g. `FOOBAR_OPERATOR_DIRECTORY`)
 /// to a directory path. This file will be rotated regularly.
+#[deprecated(note = "Use stackable-telemetry instead, use OTLP instead of Jaeger protocol")]
 pub fn initialize_logging(env: &str, app_name: &str, tracing_target: TracingTarget) {
     let filter = match EnvFilter::try_from_env(env) {
         Ok(env_filter) => env_filter,
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ mod tests {
     //      NOT_SET=debug cargo test default_tracing -- --nocapture
     // to see them all.
     #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn default_tracing_level_is_set_to_info() {
         super::initialize_logging("NOT_SET", "test", TracingTarget::None);