diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.0.17
+
 ### Refactors
 
 * ♻️ Refactor types to properly support Pydantic 2.7. PR [#913](https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/pull/913) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
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--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.17.dev2"
+__version__ = "0.0.17"
 
 # Re-export from SQLAlchemy
 from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine as create_engine