diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc2edd719..d648f02a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+## Version 5.0.0-alpha.6
+
+_2022-03-14_
+
+ *  Fix: Don't attempt to close pooled connections. We saw occasional fast fallback calls crash in
+    the previous alpha due to an unexpected race.
+
+
 ## Version 5.0.0-alpha.5
 
 _2022-02-21_
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 131cf5b5a..7e32514e5 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
   group = "com.squareup.okhttp3"
-  version = "5.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+  version = "5.0.0-alpha.6"
 
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()