diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08b23b08..6fdcb0eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.17.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 6e9a804d..e1ac528d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Co-maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.17.0 (not yet released)
+2.17.0-rc1 (26-Feb-2024)
 
 #768: Added value class deserialization support.
 #760: Caching is now applied to the entire parameter parsing process on Kotlin.