diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d49c9e28..b66c8240 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.6.0"
+  ".": "5.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5e8fe00..3bf672eb 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).
 
+## [5.6.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.6.0...5.6.1) (2025-01-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* correcting protocol parsing logic that may lead to incorrect sanitization of an incoming message from LD servers ([#288](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/issues/288)) ([9969148](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/commit/996914893f84422de55681d3a4e065c528cdaffd))
+
 ## [5.6.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.5.0...5.6.0) (2025-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a4a2f3fd..36e9d7de 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=5.6.0
+version=5.6.1
 #x-release-please-end
 
 sonatypeUsername=