diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77f2fec801..dda6f367fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Changes in [1.7.17](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/tag/v1.7.17) (2021-01-18)
+===============================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/compare/v1.7.17-rc.1...v1.7.17)
+
+ * Upgrade to React SDK 3.12.0 and JS SDK 9.5.0
+
+Changes in [1.7.17-rc.1](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/tag/v1.7.17-rc.1) (2021-01-13)
+=========================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/compare/v1.7.16...v1.7.17-rc.1)
+
+ * Upgrade to React SDK 3.12.0-rc.1 and JS SDK 9.5.0-rc.1
+ * Translations update from Weblate
+   [\#16131](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/16131)
+ * webplatform: Fix notification closing
+   [\#16028](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/16028)
+ * Stop building code and types for Element layer
+   [\#15999](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/15999)
+
 Changes in [1.7.16](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/tag/v1.7.16) (2020-12-21)
 ===============================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/compare/v1.7.16-rc.1...v1.7.16)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff0d4caf4c..6fe1e7e476 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "element-web",
-  "version": "1.7.16",
+  "version": "1.7.17",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "repository": {
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     "highlight.js": "^10.4.1",
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.5.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.12.0",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.10",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 592c01bcfa..27ab233f77 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7899,9 +7899,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "9.4.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/1717fcf499b943517213f2a81c41ffec0b50748e"
+matrix-js-sdk@9.5.0:
+  version "9.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.5.0.tgz#2f54e73b0fbb03e85b3f81f41da9d33b028c4b30"
+  integrity sha512-Fg1SGrZ4N2WAtgbK5mEoOfDwTGV83noJ3VUJ9z3rparbQCBr8Rd8ppHBD8RgshVWGdJMPJ4EQBwhQUgHeyhz9g==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
@@ -7921,9 +7922,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "3.11.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/e551e7ac40a66954e1170528d80b97c34f08342e"
+matrix-react-sdk@3.12.0:
+  version "3.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.12.0.tgz#fd81e11c8486f132f7e412bd96be45aae7f32566"
+  integrity sha512-4sDtch/ciG7ekAbmI5BlZPfvHS0u/2l9fS9vUHGxcq6AGld1HHIVWUn4jg4LH14TAKY2OHIK6WK/OPPaYgyO0Q==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7952,7 +7954,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     katex "^0.12.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "9.5.0"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.10"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"