diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f75db202c..41620c599 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.17.1](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.17.0...v2.17.1) (2021-12-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add new validateParams function ([#180](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/issues/180)) ([514d187](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/commit/514d187895cb1aa9ca5c642a9dcfccf8e09eb0ed))
+
 # [2.17.0](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.16.0...v2.17.0) (2021-11-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49e8a9826..a50ebd72d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.17.0",
+  "version": "2.17.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e2947766..df1f65035 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.17.0",
+  "version": "2.17.1",
   "description": "Core functionality to support SDKs generated with IBM's OpenAPI SDK Generator.",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "module": "./es/index.js",