diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8d9c233..f0ae219 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.4"
+  ".": "0.5.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef30dc7..cecd5f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.5](https://github.com/PrivateAIM/hub-python-client/compare/v0.5.4...v0.5.5) (2026-08-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* set a default factory for `issues` ([bbd0ad3](https://github.com/PrivateAIM/hub-python-client/commit/bbd0ad313b8e79116917a4aa9283f8bfca8472e8))
+
 ## [0.5.4](https://github.com/PrivateAIM/hub-python-client/compare/v0.5.3...v0.5.4) (2026-08-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea3b9ee..9ca4a0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "flame-hub-client"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 description = "HTTP client for interacting with FLAME Hub services."
 authors = [
     { name = "Maximilian Jugl" },