diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e5b689..869f1df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.17](https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm/compare/v1.2.16...v1.2.17) (2025-05-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* tolerant argparsing for mastodon announcements ([#296](https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm/issues/296)) ([3b4fbe0](https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm/commit/3b4fbe0db352bd56af5df8bb669879dbd28b7264))
+
 ## [1.2.16](https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm/compare/v1.2.15...v1.2.16) (2025-05-16)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b18b12..2ae85d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm"
-version = "1.2.16"
+version = "1.2.17"
 description = "A Snakemake executor plugin for submitting jobs to a SLURM cluster."
 authors = [
     "Christian Meesters <meesters@uni-mainz.de>",