diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f90529a..dbf0c48 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.2.5"
+  ".": "2.2.6"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3702e1..941e2f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly SSE Client for Ruby will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [2.2.6](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/compare/2.2.5...2.2.6) (2025-07-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add `logger` as explicit dependency ([#61](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/issues/61)) ([50efb0d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/commit/50efb0d8d6eae1c30d5fae138dfbaa230d57d3b3))
+* Update `force_encoding` to operate on unfrozen string ([#60](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/issues/60)) ([0e2e80d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/commit/0e2e80dc1d6515c09546ab250d5122f87b3fa013))
+
 ## [2.2.5](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-eventsource/compare/2.2.4...2.2.5) (2025-07-14)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb b/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
index 7ae62e5..aed454a 100644
--- a/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ld-eventsource/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module SSE
-  VERSION = "2.2.5" # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION = "2.2.6" # x-release-please-version
 end