diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f7693437..d7eaef3e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.45.5",
+  ".": "0.45.6",
   "mcp-package": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46fcf214..0b9fc3a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.45.6](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/compare/plugin-validator/v0.45.5...plugin-validator/v0.45.6) (2026-08-10)
+
+
+### 🤖 Continuous Integrations
+
+* **renovate-approve:** label needs-human verdicts for filtering ([#714](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/714)) ([b15aca8](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/b15aca8fb7afa9873aca502c2ce0188f03f6d96e))
+
+
+### 🔧 Chores
+
+* **deps:** update anthropics/claude-code-action action to v1.0.187 ([#724](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/724)) ([1dffa5e](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/1dffa5ef2c5b2875b75bbdeab4e6f985e9bc2fa2))
+* **deps:** update github.com/ossf/osv-schema/bindings/go digest to f3f8263 ([#721](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/721)) ([3179fd8](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/3179fd83c43024446b4a3f11d557e14a0b023344))
+* **deps:** update github.com/velocidex/ordereddict digest to 02dc06e ([#722](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/722)) ([5816ec5](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/5816ec563193a813c68549891cb6deee42d4f266))
+* **deps:** update golang.org/x/telemetry digest to bdd03c3 ([#723](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/723)) ([6fa5b81](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/6fa5b815bdd03e2771c1c620aebe1d4c0dda4e0f))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/buger/jsonparser to v1.6.1 ([#718](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/718)) ([7753dac](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/7753dac48a8a24ea55821d82b95315e376671379))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/docker/go-connections to v0.8.1 ([#719](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/719)) ([0f203aa](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/0f203aa71151372f9e994f64592b90b78016da2f))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/fatih/color to v1.19.0 ([#720](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/720)) ([7a60dbf](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/7a60dbf6e952e8112a62c642d709642c938057aa))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/felixge/httpsnoop to v1.1.0 ([#725](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/725)) ([006f08c](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/006f08ca41aadfaf9d62e2cab0e86724cd204d8c))
+* **deps:** update module www.velocidex.com/golang/go-ntfs to v0.2.1 ([#717](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/issues/717)) ([a4dd686](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/commit/a4dd686e567bdc52e1b6be84adef5312e8eab34e))
+
 ## [0.45.5](https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator/compare/plugin-validator/v0.45.4...plugin-validator/v0.45.5) (2026-08-05)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a1181787..9a80c5a2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-  "version": "0.45.5",
+  "version": "0.45.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-      "version": "0.45.5",
+      "version": "0.45.6",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "tar": "7.5.22"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 067a9f40..fa3f6c00 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/plugin-validator",
-  "version": "0.45.5",
+  "version": "0.45.6",
   "description": "Grafana Plugin Validator",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {