diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.0"
+  ".": "0.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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index 0000000..69478be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.5.0](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0) (2026-10-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* pass policy data to policy evaluation and depend on agent v0.8.0-rc4 ([7dda253](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/commit/7dda253da9bcb7129424694f3cd6c9e95b929d78))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** bump agent to v0.9.2 ([#44](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/issues/44)) ([5c31878](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/commit/5c31878d6f969ccce43b090b351e72f850954389))
+* **deps:** bump compliance-framework/agent to v0.9.1 ([#32](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/issues/32)) ([1e9893d](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/commit/1e9893d4d1cbdb68144e9852843c8c3bd376faae))
+* **deps:** update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.56.0 [security] ([#37](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/issues/37)) ([7a9f280](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/commit/7a9f2800bde5c49be4410d3597ef30ae8de584a2))
+* **deps:** update security fixes (gomod) [security] ([#43](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/issues/43)) ([079618f](https://github.com/compliance-framework/plugin-local-ssh/commit/079618f50bac973d1bdddada1bbb8b27cb0e7e0b))