diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0dfe37e4..4c368b19 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "lib/sdk/server-ai": "0.1.0",
   "lib/java-server-sdk-otel": "0.2.0",
   "lib/java-server-sdk-redis-store": "3.2.0",
-  "lib/shared/common": "2.4.0",
+  "lib/shared/common": "2.5.0",
   "lib/shared/internal": "1.9.0",
   "lib/shared/test-helpers": "2.1.0",
   "lib/sdk/server": "7.14.0"
diff --git a/lib/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md b/lib/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
index 09469b62..c82953b4 100644
--- a/lib/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/lib/shared/common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [2.5.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/java-core/compare/launchdarkly-java-sdk-common-2.4.0...launchdarkly-java-sdk-common-2.5.0) (2026-07-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add LDValueConverter and LDContextEncoder to common ([#187](https://github.com/launchdarkly/java-core/issues/187)) ([9173763](https://github.com/launchdarkly/java-core/commit/9173763fbff89fb25051542c992afdecb65775e2))
+
 ## [2.4.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/java-core/compare/launchdarkly-java-sdk-common-2.3.0...launchdarkly-java-sdk-common-2.4.0) (2026-02-26)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/shared/common/gradle.properties b/lib/shared/common/gradle.properties
index 56c70c59..7383ad9e 100644
--- a/lib/shared/common/gradle.properties
+++ b/lib/shared/common/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=2.4.0
+version=2.5.0
 #x-release-please-end