From ff0f9ce64fb81fd4bc4fda53ef663a8ec8f77441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Esteban Laver <emlaver@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 13:07:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare version 2.17.0 release

---
 CHANGES.md | 2 +-
 README.md  | 8 ++++----
 VERSION    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 119fb3e78..e9b3ad63a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Unreleased
+# 2.17.0 (2019-05-23)
 - [NEW] Added `com.cloudant.client.api.model.DbInfo#getDocDelCountLong()` to return
   deleted document count as a `long` instead of a `String`.
 - [DEPRECATED] `com.cloudant.client.api.model.DbInfo#getDocDelCount()`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3baadc250..4675eb887 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ This is the official Cloudant library for Java.
 Gradle:
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    compile group: 'com.cloudant', name: 'cloudant-client', version: '2.16.0'
+    compile group: 'com.cloudant', name: 'cloudant-client', version: '2.17.0'
 }
 ```
 
 Gradle with [optional `okhttp-urlconnection` dependency](#optional-okhttp-dependency):
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    compile group: 'com.cloudant', name: 'cloudant-client', version: '2.16.0'
+    compile group: 'com.cloudant', name: 'cloudant-client', version: '2.17.0'
     compile group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', name: 'okhttp-urlconnection', version: '3.8.1'
 }
 ```
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Maven:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.cloudant</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloudant-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.16.0</version>
+  <version>2.17.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ~~~
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Maven with [optional `okhttp-urlconnection` dependency](#optional-okhttp-depende
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.cloudant</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloudant-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.16.0</version>
+  <version>2.17.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <dependency>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f26cb6e21..d76bd2ba3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.1-SNAPSHOT
+2.17.0