diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 34598e6f..b34ef4a8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.17.0 -- 2024-mm-dd
+0.17.0 -- 2024-05-12
 ------
 * Support for wlroots 0.17.x
 * **Breaking change** Rename all declarations of XdgTopLevel.* to XdgToplevel.*
diff --git a/wlroots/version.py b/wlroots/version.py
index ee51209f..65b0bd8e 100644
--- a/wlroots/version.py
+++ b/wlroots/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Sean Vig 2021
 
-version = "0.16.9"
+version = "0.17.0"