diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f3271bd70..d8b4709a3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "providers/flagd": "0.11.5",
+  "providers/flagd": "0.11.6",
   "hooks/open-telemetry": "3.2.1",
   "providers/go-feature-flag": "0.4.2",
   "providers/flagsmith": "0.0.9",
diff --git a/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index 84949a09a..4efc7588b 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.11.6](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.5...dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.6) (2025-03-10)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update opentelemetry-java monorepo to v1.48.0 ([#1269](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/issues/1269)) ([9958432](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/commit/9958432fdef18a889b69b74a3ea4fcf550fa073d))
+
+
+### 🧹 Chore
+
+* adjust noisy log lines ([#1268](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/issues/1268)) ([0a81a14](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/commit/0a81a148e01e96f9bc24927a7c5075666f69d593))
+
 ## [0.11.5](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.4...dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.5) (2025-03-06)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/flagd/README.md b/providers/flagd/README.md
index 39fcfa4a6..f11bb16a2 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/README.md
+++ b/providers/flagd/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This provider is designed to use flagd's [evaluation protocol](https://github.co
 <dependency>
   <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.providers</groupId>
   <artifactId>flagd</artifactId>
-  <version>0.11.5</version>
+  <version>0.11.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end-version -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index 187cade4c..5f7d2b220 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.providers</groupId>
     <artifactId>flagd</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.5</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <version>0.11.6</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
 
     <properties>
         <!-- exclusion expression for e2e tests -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/version.txt b/providers/flagd/version.txt
index 62d5dbdf3..e5cbde33e 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/version.txt
+++ b/providers/flagd/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.5
+0.11.6