diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 369c12e5..72f6c7da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
+
+## [2.17.0] - 2021-04-26
+
+### Added
+
 * Add "ids" output format. New IDS output format that is similar to
   the OPL format, but only the entity type and id is written out.
 * Add convenience functions `left()`, `right()`, `top()`, `bottom()` to
@@ -1108,7 +1117,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   Doxygen (up to version 1.8.8). This version contains a workaround to fix
   this.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.16.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.17.0...HEAD
+[2.17.0]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.16.0...v2.17.0
 [2.16.0]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.15.6...v2.16.0
 [2.15.6]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.15.5...v2.15.6
 [2.15.5]: https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium/compare/v2.15.4...v2.15.5
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67ce4257..e82a5238 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel;Dev;Cover
 project(libosmium)
 
 set(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MINOR 16)
+set(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MINOR 17)
 set(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 
 set(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION
diff --git a/include/osmium/version.hpp b/include/osmium/version.hpp
index 8696c684..33bb2282 100644
--- a/include/osmium/version.hpp
+++ b/include/osmium/version.hpp
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
 #define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MINOR 16
+#define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_MINOR 17
 #define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
-#define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_STRING "2.16.0"
+#define LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_STRING "2.17.0"
 
 #endif // OSMIUM_VERSION_HPP