diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1befcacdf5..498eebe3e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0 (2016-08-08)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+* Add federation /version API (PR #990)
+* Make psutil dependency optional (PR #992)
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix preview URL API to exclude html comments in description (PR #988)
+* Fix error handling of remote joins (PR #991)
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc4 (2016-08-05)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 67ea8a8a9d..a63ee565cf 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.17.0-rc4"
+__version__ = "0.17.0"