My local IP in on Windows 10 changed randomly?

My local IP recently changed from 192.168.1.230 to 192.168.1.156

I would not have noticed this if it weren't for the fact I run a PLEX media server on my home computer and the change of the IP killed my Port Forwarding settings already assigned in the router to enable the server to run properly.

Is there anything that could have caused this? I'm not new to computers remotely. But I'm no pro with networking matters. But this very odd / disconcerting and I can't seem to figure out what could have changed it.

Is there anyone who would know why this is?

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