diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 16d03c69..b6efa61d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Statsig": "0.1.1",
   "src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flipt": "0.0.5",
   "src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.EnvVar": "0.0.7",
-  "src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd": "0.7.1",
+  "src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd": "0.7.2",
   "src/OpenFeature.Providers.Ofrep": "0.1.5",
   "src/OpenFeature.Providers.Unleash": "0.1.1",
   "src/OpenFeature.Providers.GOFeatureFlag": "1.1.0"
diff --git a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index 42f5f245..49f7df94 100644
--- a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.2](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/compare/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd-v0.7.1...OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd-v0.7.2) (2026-06-24)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* prevent flaky RpcResolver tests and event stream hot-spin ([#697](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/issues/697)) ([85acb30](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/commit/85acb303f3a1ec4464dc89daecc179959147aeb5))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* **flagd:** add FILE resolver type for local flag definition files ([#647](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/issues/647)) ([40cd909](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/commit/40cd9095fc0701a97438f78192cc77af15b74c4f))
+
 ## [0.7.1](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib/compare/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd-v0.7.0...OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd-v0.7.1) (2026-06-16)
 
 
diff --git a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd.csproj b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd.csproj
index f5705367..69f21eef 100644
--- a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net8.0;net9.0;net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageId>OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd</PackageId>
-    <VersionNumber>0.7.1</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <VersionNumber>0.7.2</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
     <VersionPrefix>$(VersionNumber)</VersionPrefix>
     <AssemblyVersion>$(VersionNumber)</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>$(VersionNumber)</FileVersion>
diff --git a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/version.txt b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/version.txt
index 39e898a4..7486fdbc 100644
--- a/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/version.txt
+++ b/src/OpenFeature.Providers.Flagd/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1
+0.7.2