diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index c3396efb..bb3a735c 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [7.5.5] - 2019-12-17
+
+(tls options client) TLSOptions struct _validated member should be initialized to false
+
 ## [7.5.4] - 2019-12-16
 
 (websocket client) improve the error message when connecting to a non websocket server
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h
index 5c8dd467..a518ce0a 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ namespace ix
 
     private:
         mutable std::string _errMsg;
-        mutable bool _validated;
+        mutable bool _validated = false;
     };
 } // namespace ix
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index aa63a9ba..5f2cd89b 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "7.5.4"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "7.5.5"