diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b9d45bae3ae90..14c10c30e1ce49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
+* [Node.js 17](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 16](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 15](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md) End-of-Life
 * [Node.js 14](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md) **Long Term Support**
@@ -26,11 +27,15 @@ release.
 <!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
 <table>
 <tr>
+  <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md">17</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md">16</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2023-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md">14</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2022-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+  <td valign="top">
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md#17.0.0">17.0.0</a></b><br/>
+    </td>
     <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.9.1">16.9.1</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.9.0">16.9.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_IOJS.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_IOJS.md
index cb6832ab574e1b..e450b415c25339 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_IOJS.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_IOJS.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
index 5d375fa17ffba3..1a8578a5b815ed 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
index 8cfe45a7d48a33..b32943d2127fe6 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
index 21711f018e2151..cc80234550c3c3 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
index 8ff4527f81f9f8..c9a01693868620 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
index 01887997cf953f..f1c14264530e16 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
index 412824b14d2f65..8beb234f469d2f 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
index 1af9d1fb427d5c..076703229baae0 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
index 1855da132b18f6..b7ab9f723a62b2 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
index 128467175d01df..cb7165e29f196d 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..af301b72f0e90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Node.js 17 ChangeLog
+
+<!--lint disable prohibited-strings-->
+<!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
+<!--lint disable no-literal-urls-->
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<th>Current</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<a href="#17.0.0">17.0.0</a><br/>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+* Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
+  * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
+  * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
+  * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
+  * [12.x](CHANGELOG_V12.md)
+  * [11.x](CHANGELOG_V11.md)
+  * [10.x](CHANGELOG_V10.md)
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
+  * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
+  * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
+  * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)
+  * [5.x](CHANGELOG_V5.md)
+  * [4.x](CHANGELOG_V4.md)
+  * [0.12.x](CHANGELOG_V012.md)
+  * [0.10.x](CHANGELOG_V010.md)
+  * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
+  * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
+
+<a id="17.0.0"></a>
+## 2021-10-19, Version 17.0.0 (Current), @BethGriggs
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+#### Deprecations and Removals
+
+* TBD
+
+#### Other Notable Changes
+
+### Semver-Major Commits
+
+* [[`1b2749ecbe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1b2749ecbe)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: default to verbatim=true in dns.lookup() (Ben Noordhuis) [#39987](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39987)
+* [[`59d3d542d6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/59d3d542d6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **errors**: disp ver on fatal except that causes exit (Divlo) [#38332](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38332)
+* [[`f9447b71a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f9447b71a6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: fix rmsync error swallowing (Nitzan Uziely) [#38684](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38684)
+* [[`f27b7cf95c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f27b7cf95c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: aggregate errors in fsPromises to avoid error swallowing (Nitzan Uziely) [#38259](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38259)
+* [[`d0a898681f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d0a898681f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: add structuredClone() global (Ethan Arrowood) [#39759](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39759)
+* [[`e4b1fb5e64`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e4b1fb5e64)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: expose `DOMException` as global (Khaidi Chu) [#39176](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39176)
+* [[`0a7f850123`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0a7f850123)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: return Maybe from a couple of functions (Darshan Sen) [#39603](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39603)
+* [[`bdaf51bae7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdaf51bae7)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: allow custom PageAllocator in NodePlatform (Shelley Vohr) [#38362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38362)
+* [[`0c6f345cda`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c6f345cda)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: fix highwatermark threshold and add the missing error (Rongjian Zhang) [#38700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38700)
+* [[`0e841b45c2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0e841b45c2)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: don't emit 'data' after 'error' or 'close' (Robert Nagy) [#39639](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39639)
+* [[`ef992f6de9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ef992f6de9)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: do not emit `end` on readable error (Szymon Marczak) [#39607](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39607)
+* [[`efd40eadab`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/efd40eadab)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: forward errored to callback (Robert Nagy) [#39364](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39364)
+* [[`09d8c0c8d2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/09d8c0c8d2)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: destroy readable on read error (Robert Nagy) [#39342](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39342)
+* [[`a5dec3a470`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5dec3a470)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: validate abort signal (Robert Nagy) [#39346](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39346)
+* [[`bb275ef2a4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bb275ef2a4)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: unify stream utils (Robert Nagy) [#39294](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39294)
+* [[`b2ae12d422`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2ae12d422)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: throw on premature close in Readable\[AsyncIterator\] (Darshan Sen) [#39117](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39117)
+* [[`0738a2b7bd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0738a2b7bd)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: finished should error on errored stream (Robert Nagy) [#39235](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39235)
+* [[`954217adda`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/954217adda)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: error Duplex write/read if not writable/readable (Robert Nagy) [#34385](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34385)
+* [[`f4609bdf3f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f4609bdf3f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: bypass legacy destroy for pipeline and async iteration (Robert Nagy) [#38505](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38505)
+* [[`e1e669b109`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e1e669b109)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **url**: throw invalid this on detached accessors (James M Snell) [#39752](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39752)
+* [[`70157b9cb7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/70157b9cb7)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **url**: forbid certain confusable changes from being introduced by toASCII (Timothy Gu) [#38631](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38631)
+
+### Semver-Minor Commits
+
+* TBD
+
+### Semver-Patch Commits
+
+* TBD
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
index 089bc23f9d5125..22108c1f352d4d 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
index 79c92d09418fca..29b512539b90ad 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
index 68d243d03f6707..9e106424182fc9 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
index 9f5581129c1fc6..f98067c01d458a 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
index f64372f41b44e3..e23bcad28f7c0a 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
index 6721296dd422d9..4834941a5281c4 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [17.x](CHANGELOG_V17.md)
   * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 3b54c0cb3631a3..31f99dc68c9f8f 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)