diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7696d3aa..3d8b42e3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "9.0.0-rc.4"
+    ".": "9.0.0-rc.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f676a23..fde04b14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Relay will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [9.0.0-rc.5](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/compare/v9.0.0-rc.4...v9.0.0-rc.5) (2026-06-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **v9:** bump SDK deps for EasyJSON removal (v4 cascade) ([#689](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/issues/689)) ([7d04d5d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/commit/7d04d5dcd02d72369acd8e1cdf8b94ad260df2aa))
+
 ## [9.0.0-rc.4](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/compare/v9.0.0-rc.3...v9.0.0-rc.4) (2026-06-08)
 
 
diff --git a/relay/version/version.go b/relay/version/version.go
index 7f704c30..9d5c4dda 100644
--- a/relay/version/version.go
+++ b/relay/version/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the package version
-const Version = "9.0.0-rc.4" // {{ x-release-please-version }}
+const Version = "9.0.0-rc.5" // {{ x-release-please-version }}