diff --git a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
index ec0e186bca..921f8d105c 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "lib/flattening": "0.1.3",
   "lib/identifier": "0.0.2",
   "protocol/go": "0.5.0",
-  "sdk": "0.5.0",
+  "sdk": "0.5.1",
   "service": "0.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b97c389d4..241b658f2c 100644
--- a/sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/compare/sdk/v0.5.0...sdk/v0.5.1) (2025-07-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** bump github.com/opentdf/platform/lib/ocrypto from 0.2.0 to 0.3.0 in /sdk [backport to release/sdk/v0.5] ([#2508](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/issues/2508)) ([79b5221](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/commit/79b5221de26f297e20ffab71d6fea4732f034c9d))
+* **deps:** bump github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 in /sdk [backport to release/sdk/v0.5] ([#2509](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/issues/2509)) ([63e0668](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/commit/63e06683bc7ba891e5971f8bb0f6ad56d8a0c767))
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/compare/sdk/v0.4.7...sdk/v0.5.0) (2025-06-23)
 
 
diff --git a/sdk/version.go b/sdk/version.go
index dd3e90890b..3be1a987dc 100644
--- a/sdk/version.go
+++ b/sdk/version.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ const (
 	TDFSpecVersion = "4.3.0"
 
 	// The three-part semantic version number of this SDK
-	Version = "0.5.0" // x-release-please-version
+	Version = "0.5.1" // x-release-please-version
 )