diff --git a/kapitan/version.py b/kapitan/version.py
index 95b7f980a..d112b220f 100644
--- a/kapitan/version.py
+++ b/kapitan/version.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 "Project description variables"
 
 PROJECT_NAME = 'kapitan'
-VERSION = '0.16.11'
+VERSION = '0.17.0'
 DESCRIPTION = ('Generic templated configuration management for Kubernetes, '
                'Terraform and other things')
 AUTHOR = 'Ricardo Amaro'