diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index 173d1c62e5ff..384aac5e1481 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN pip install nemo_run@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Run.git@${NEMU_RUN_T
 
 # Install NeMo requirements
 ARG TE_TAG=7d576ed25266a17a7b651f2c12e8498f67e0baea
-ARG MODELOPT_VERSION=0.15.0
+ARG MODELOPT_VERSION=0.17.0
 ARG MCORE_TAG=core_r0.9.0
 ARG APEX_TAG=810ffae374a2b9cb4b5c5e28eaeca7d7998fca0c
 RUN \
diff --git a/docs/source/starthere/intro.rst b/docs/source/starthere/intro.rst
index 435e3e24350e..c3c3304082dc 100644
--- a/docs/source/starthere/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/source/starthere/intro.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This final step involves installing the TensorRT Model Optimizer package.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    pip install nvidia-modelopt[torch]~=0.15.0 --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com
+    pip install nvidia-modelopt[torch]~=0.17.0 --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com
 
 
 .. code-block:: bash