diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a022d0638..03eb01a4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # master
 
+# 2.17.0
+
 * Slots return stripped HTML, removing leading and trailing whitespace.
 
     *Jason Long, Joel Hawksley*
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b515c3409..a6ced8d93 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    view_component (2.16.0)
+    view_component (2.17.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0, < 7.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/view_component/version.rb b/lib/view_component/version.rb
index dec0c4f0e..571ac3c67 100644
--- a/lib/view_component/version.rb
+++ b/lib/view_component/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module ViewComponent
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 2
-    MINOR = 16
+    MINOR = 17
     PATCH = 0
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].join(".")