diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9965a34..aca3a49 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.3.0"
+  ".": "2.3.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a0bc60..5795e7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly OpenFeature provider for the Server-Side SDK for .NET will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [2.3.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-dotnet-server/compare/2.3.0...2.3.1) (2026-09-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Resolve initialization immediately when a start wait time was used ([#66](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-dotnet-server/issues/66)) ([11b9f68](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-dotnet-server/commit/11b9f681e88a4b4d1c9c52165dfd1790ad4a8129))
+
 ## [2.3.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-dotnet-server/compare/2.2.0...2.3.0) (2026-08-25)
 
 
diff --git a/src/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider.csproj b/src/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider.csproj
index d56b8fb..8f642f4 100644
--- a/src/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider.csproj
+++ b/src/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider/LaunchDarkly.OpenFeature.ServerProvider.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--x-release-please-start-version-->
-    <Version>2.3.0</Version>
+    <Version>2.3.1</Version>
     <!--x-release-please-end-->
     <!-- The BUILDFRAMEWORKS variable allows us to override the target frameworks with a
          single framework that we are testing; this allows us to test with older SDK