diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66d9bf61..288e10a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Optimizely Ruby SDK Changelog
 
+## 5.6.0
+October 30, 2026
+
+### Changed
+
+**Local Holdouts: rule evaluation continues after a holdout hit**:
+When a user matches a local holdout on a rule, the SDK now excludes the user from that rule only
+and continues evaluating the remaining rules, instead of returning the holdout variation and skipping
+the rest of the flag. Each local holdout hit sends its own holdout impression event (using the
+existing event format), regardless of `sendFlagDecisions`. Global holdouts are unchanged.
+
+- Fix ODP event duplicate symbol/string key JSON error ([#408](https://github.com/optimizely/ruby-sdk/pull/408))
+- Continue rule evaluation after local holdout hit ([#407](https://github.com/optimizely/ruby-sdk/pull/407))
+
 ## 5.5.0
 September 2, 2026
 
diff --git a/lib/optimizely/version.rb b/lib/optimizely/version.rb
index 06ca020f..62cee450 100644
--- a/lib/optimizely/version.rb
+++ b/lib/optimizely/version.rb
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 #
 module Optimizely
   CLIENT_ENGINE = 'ruby-sdk'
-  VERSION = '5.5.0'
+  VERSION = '5.6.0'
 end