diff --git a/docs/release_notes/index.md b/docs/release_notes/index.md
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ is available in the [commit logs](https://github.com/YosefLab/scvi-tools/commits
 ```{toctree}
 :maxdepth: 2
 
+v0.17.4
 v0.17.3
 v0.17.2
 v0.17.1
diff --git a/docs/release_notes/v0.17.4.md b/docs/release_notes/v0.17.4.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# New in 0.17.4 (2021-09-20)
+
+## Changes
+- Support for PyTorch Lightning 1.7 [#1622].
+- Allow `flax` to use any mutable states used by a model generically with {class}`~scvi.module.base.TrainStateWithState` [#1665], [#1700].
+- Update publication links in `README` [#1667].
+- Docs now include floating window cross references with `hoverxref`, external links with `linkcode`, and `grid` [#1678].
+
+## Bug Fixes
+- Fix `get_likelihood_parameters()` failure when `gene_likelihood != "zinb"` in {class}`~scvi.model.base.RNASeqMixin` [#1618].
+- Fix exception logic when not using the observed library size in {class}`~scvi.module.VAE` initialization [#1660].
+- Replace instances of `super().__init__()` with an argument in `super()`, causing `autoreload` extension to throw errors [#1671].
+- Change cell2location tutorial causing docs build to fail [#1674].
+- Replace instances of `max_epochs` as `int`s for new PyTorch Lightning [#1686].
+- Catch case when `torch.backends.mps` is not implemented [#1692].
+- Fix Poisson sampling in {meth}`~scvi.module.VAE.sample` [#1702].
+
+## Contributors
+
+- [@adamgayoso]
+- [@watiss]
+- [@mkarikom]
+- [@tommycelsius]
+- [@ricomnl]
+
+[#1618]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1618
+[#1622]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1622
+[#1660]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1660
+[#1665]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1665
+[#1667]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1667
+[#1671]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1671
+[#1674]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1674
+[#1678]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1678
+[#1686]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1686
+[#1692]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1692
+[#1700]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1700
+[#1702]: https://github.com/scverse/scvi-tools/pull/1702
+
+[@adamgayoso]: https://github.com/adamgayoso
+[@watiss]: https://github.com/watiss
+[@tommycelsius]: https://github.com/tommycelsius
+[@mkarikom]: https://github.com/mkarikom
+[@ricomnl]: https://github.com/ricomnl
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index baa0531fa6..cc4608b2cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ packages = [
   {include = "scvi"},
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.17.3"
+version = "0.17.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 anndata = ">=0.7.5"