diff --git a/docs/releases/unreleased.md b/docs/releases/0.17.0.md
similarity index 98%
rename from docs/releases/unreleased.md
rename to docs/releases/0.17.0.md
index 27ccfb50ce..e01f571897 100644
--- a/docs/releases/unreleased.md
+++ b/docs/releases/0.17.0.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Unreleased
+# 0.17.0 - 2023-05-27
 
 ## bandit
 
diff --git a/river/__version__.py b/river/__version__.py
index d063bddd29..29add72136 100644
--- a/river/__version__.py
+++ b/river/__version__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-VERSION = (0, 16, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 17, 0)
 
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))  # noqa: F401