diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
index b6f5a93013f..024cca4e3af 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 6.5.0
 
+* Adds a `setAllowBackgroundPlayback` method to dynamically control background playback.
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.29/Dart 3.7.
 
 ## 6.4.0
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
index 801de5ad816..1037e55ee82 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ abstract class VideoPlayerPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
     throw UnimplementedError('setMixWithOthers() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
+  /// Sets whether the video should continue to play in the background.
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    throw UnimplementedError(
+      'setAllowBackgroundPlayback() has not been implemented.',
+    );
+  }
+
   /// Sets additional options on web.
   Future<void> setWebOptions(int playerId, VideoPlayerWebOptions options) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setWebOptions() has not been implemented.');
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
index 647225dd5bb..2c53743addb 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
 # NOTE: We strongly prefer non-breaking changes, even at the expense of a
 # less-clean API. See https://flutter.dev/go/platform-interface-breaking-changes
-version: 6.4.0
+version: 6.5.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.7.0