diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8081196b1..782fe66e9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "hooks/open-telemetry": "3.3.1",
-  "providers/flagd": "0.11.16",
+  "providers/flagd": "0.11.17",
   "providers/go-feature-flag": "1.0.1",
   "providers/flagsmith": "0.0.12",
   "providers/env-var": "0.0.12",
diff --git a/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index d71a7de51..84685ec17 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.11.17](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.16...dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.17) (2025-10-15)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **security:** force netty-codec-http2 4.1.125 ([#1615](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/issues/1615)) ([0b0070c](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/commit/0b0070cacf79dfd475fb3ce0c0dbdffd7e02fe8a))
+
 ## [0.11.16](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.15...dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.16) (2025-10-14)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/flagd/README.md b/providers/flagd/README.md
index 8d1886d29..a3eba9bb8 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>0.11.16</version>
+  <version>0.11.17</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end-version -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index 64e14b99b..c74f242c2 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>0.11.16</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <version>0.11.17</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
 
     <properties>
         <!-- exclusion expression for e2e tests -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/version.txt b/providers/flagd/version.txt
index db07b54af..c12244635 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/version.txt
+++ b/providers/flagd/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.16
+0.11.17