diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 37f81bbb8..d97057593 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.6.0-dev.1"
+  ".": "5.6.0-dev.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42f8eaed7..e8ff0dba0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [5.6.0-dev.2](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/compare/5.6.0-dev.1...5.6.0-dev.2) (2025-07-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improve event stream connection logging ([aa8235d](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/aa8235d090bcd448032d5ffbd3aa868a4d53c9c1))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 5.6.0-dev.2 ([22cc9aa](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/22cc9aa95c82d2fe66c4538b0198cc0b399caa17))
+
 ## [5.6.0-dev.1](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/compare/5.6.0-dev.0...5.6.0-dev.1) (2025-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 347162b05..f9d6abc90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@squonk/data-manager-ui",
   "author": "Oliver Dudgeon",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "5.6.0-dev.1",
+  "version": "5.6.0-dev.2",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",