diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebd6d7ca84fd4a4c9a0804267455b5835cca9153..8a0c00ad0b2d6af47d124f3be1a6ab07571f45e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v0.17.0 (2025-02-12)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fundingreference was wrongly parsed from IRODS directly.
+  ([`284c8d4`](https://opencode.it4i.eu/openwebsearcheu-public/owi-cli/-/commit/284c8d4947e0ea71ad0d5ef9de29d945b34e5d93))
+
+- Remote doctor works properly again
+  ([`498c399`](https://opencode.it4i.eu/openwebsearcheu-public/owi-cli/-/commit/498c39987c93cb597d766746b75640def911bb47))
+
+### Features
+
+- S3 now supports anonymous access to public buckets
+  ([`784bbc0`](https://opencode.it4i.eu/openwebsearcheu-public/owi-cli/-/commit/784bbc0977c4ed1115c00f1421228281c3da881a))
+
+
 ## v0.16.5 (2025-02-06)
 
 ### Testing
diff --git a/owilix/_version.py b/owilix/_version.py
index b29ba726b582ab0b0d9e4987fb3f1451de20ccbe..a693e5a11dfec4a53858c25644e4d0c9e0f1c81f 100644
--- a/owilix/_version.py
+++ b/owilix/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # These version placeholders will be replaced later during substitution.
-__version__ = "0.16.5"
+__version__ = "0.17.0"
 __version_tuple__ = (0, 15, 0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82d2f376bc94a5296c731d138899c7cace6c907c..04826e74d571051254d1cc15c1f1f482cdc99ad6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "owilix"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "OWILIX - the Command Line Interface for slicing and consuming the Open Web Index. "
 authors = ["Michael Granitzer <michael.granitzer@uni-passau.de>"]
 license = "MIT"