diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 448d10af..9bf38528 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.4.0"
+  ".": "5.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44a0b203..886a2539 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Android SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [5.5.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.4.0...5.5.0) (2024-11-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* honor polling interval across process restarts ([#282](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/issues/282)) ([9b3ca70](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/commit/9b3ca7002394a14641929974ceb7b2d2c0f34952))
+
 ## [5.4.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.3.1...5.4.0) (2024-10-18)
 
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4c9d55b2..75493b58 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=5.4.0
+version=5.5.0
 #x-release-please-end
 
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