diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 904b037e..5a8dc58d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.4"
+  ".": "0.7.5"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 453b346e..59e03bdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.5](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.7.4...v0.7.5) (2024-10-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Examples module ([#202](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/202)) ([ac13a0a](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/ac13a0a7c82caed920238244cf7adaca3039fdea))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sdk:** option to disable assertion verification ([#205](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/205)) ([78d7b66](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/78d7b66e40bb52340e604ab645830287c91ba534))
+
 ## [0.7.4](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.7.3...v0.7.4) (2024-10-24)
 
 
diff --git a/cmdline/pom.xml b/cmdline/pom.xml
index 55916094..bc33e5cc 100644
--- a/cmdline/pom.xml
+++ b/cmdline/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.5</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>cmdline</artifactId>
     <properties>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 922f6b8b..47bb4783 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-    <version>0.7.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.7.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
   <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>examples</name>
   <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d37b49cf..826a7dcc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.7.5</version>
     <name>io.opentdf.platform:sdk-pom</name>
     <description>OpenTDF Java SDK</description>
     <url>https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk</url>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 5dfe5539..678c78b0 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.5</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <dependencies>