diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fb29efb4..f4621990d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.5.24](https://github.com/oclif/core/compare/v0.5.23...v0.5.24) (2021-07-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* set this.flags to empty object by default ([8f5d5ed](https://github.com/oclif/core/commit/8f5d5ed1f691ed442d88c19087bc50e0dadda88b))
+
 ### [0.5.23](https://github.com/oclif/core/compare/v0.5.22...v0.5.23) (2021-07-19)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ceed0c54e..8eea6feaa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@oclif/core",
   "description": "base library for oclif CLIs",
-  "version": "0.5.23",
+  "version": "0.5.24",
   "author": "Jeff Dickey @jdxcode",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/oclif/core/issues",
   "dependencies": {