diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 782fe66e9..84e56d7cf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "hooks/open-telemetry": "3.3.1",
-  "providers/flagd": "0.11.17",
+  "providers/flagd": "0.11.18",
   "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 84685ec17..27d03a1ca 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.11.18](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.17...dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd-v0.11.18) (2025-11-17)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* possible tight busy loop on certain connection errors ([#1629](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/issues/1629)) ([a2f5f28](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/commit/a2f5f28509699bf6fb8684db6acc0dda5297b72a))
+
 ## [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)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/flagd/README.md b/providers/flagd/README.md
index a3eba9bb8..d8fbaca01 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>0.11.17</version>
+  <version>0.11.18</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end-version -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index c74f242c2..214943813 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>0.11.17</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <version>0.11.18</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
 
     <properties>
         <!-- exclusion expression for e2e tests -->
diff --git a/providers/flagd/version.txt b/providers/flagd/version.txt
index c12244635..168a8f63a 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/version.txt
+++ b/providers/flagd/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.17
+0.11.18