From 9bb158c067b6dc28fb42df9840be0252d8c7d91f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muzahidul Islam <muzahidul.islam@optimizely.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 17:05:28 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [FSSDK-13407] update CHANGELOG for android v5.5.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9747dd1..2b294c64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Optimizely Android X SDK Changelog
 
+## 5.5.1
+November 6, 2026
+
+### Test
+
+Do not merge. Verification of upstream dependency handling in the release flow.
+
 ## 5.5.0
 October 30, 2026
 

From f117eaef0102aabdc876d948713c2148534cfe27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muzahidul Islam <muzahidul.islam@optimizely.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 17:05:28 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [FSSDK-13407] bump version to 5.5.1

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d9a4096..85720417 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	implementation 'com.optimizely.ab:android-sdk:5.5.0'
+	implementation 'com.optimizely.ab:android-sdk:5.5.1'
 }
 ```
 

From 27f487cf83b22c43eaf0cbeb3362466d65914e09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muzahidul Islam <muzahidul.islam@optimizely.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 17:05:28 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [FSSDK-13407] bump java dependency to 4.7.1

---
 build.gradle | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 03011cf9..4066995c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ext {
     build_tools_version = "35.0.0"
     min_sdk_version = 21
     target_sdk_version = 35
-    java_core_ver = "4.7.0"
+    java_core_ver = "4.7.1"
     android_logger_ver = "1.3.6"
     jacksonversion= "2.11.2"
     annotations_ver = "1.2.0"