diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6bc1697d..8d0a1162 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.3"
+  ".": "0.5.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d2bf9c6..9b78baa5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.4 (2025-05-23)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.5.3...v0.5.4](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-ruby/compare/v0.5.3...v0.5.4)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* prevent rubocop from mangling `===` to `is_a?` check ([dcff731](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-ruby/commit/dcff7318aec9cfaa21b7a82849d9df89d82e3ecb))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** version bump ([853de30](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-ruby/commit/853de30e4985aea443239b02ad9ce92ae6ff6ce9))
+
 ## 0.5.3 (2025-05-22)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.5.2...v0.5.3](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-ruby/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d8f19fa7..fe49f726 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    orb-billing (0.5.2)
+    orb-billing (0.5.3)
       connection_pool
 
 GEM
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e235109a..dad92239 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To use this gem, install via Bundler by adding the following to your application
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```ruby
-gem "orb-billing", "~> 0.5.3"
+gem "orb-billing", "~> 0.5.4"
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/lib/orb/internal/util.rb b/lib/orb/internal/util.rb
index 8ff2850e..ab76247f 100644
--- a/lib/orb/internal/util.rb
+++ b/lib/orb/internal/util.rb
@@ -600,11 +600,12 @@ class << self
         #
         # @return [Object]
         def encode_content(headers, body)
+          # rubocop:disable Style/CaseEquality
           content_type = headers["content-type"]
           case [content_type, body]
           in [Orb::Internal::Util::JSON_CONTENT, Hash | Array | -> { primitive?(_1) }]
             [headers, JSON.generate(body)]
-          in [Orb::Internal::Util::JSONL_CONTENT, Enumerable] unless body.is_a?(Orb::Internal::Type::FileInput)
+          in [Orb::Internal::Util::JSONL_CONTENT, Enumerable] unless Orb::Internal::Type::FileInput === body
             [headers, body.lazy.map { JSON.generate(_1) }]
           in [%r{^multipart/form-data}, Hash | Orb::Internal::Type::FileInput]
             boundary, strio = encode_multipart_streaming(body)
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ def encode_content(headers, body)
           else
             [headers, body]
           end
+          # rubocop:enable Style/CaseEquality
         end
 
         # @api private
diff --git a/lib/orb/version.rb b/lib/orb/version.rb
index e1f0d11e..5fc34898 100644
--- a/lib/orb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/orb/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Orb
-  VERSION = "0.5.3"
+  VERSION = "0.5.4"
 end