diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index dcb157f..c410d70 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v0.2.17
+=======
++ allow setting bam sample name via ENV when RG is missing (#115)
+
 v0.2.16
 =======
 + make find-sites more efficient and more robust (#96)
diff --git a/somalier.nimble b/somalier.nimble
index 2ebb505..c8e883a 100644
--- a/somalier.nimble
+++ b/somalier.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #import somalierpkg/version as _
 
-version       = "0.2.16" #somalierVersion
+version       = "0.2.17" #somalierVersion
 author        = "Brent Pedersen"
 description   = "sample-swap checking directly on BAMs/CRAMs for cancer data"
 license       = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/somalierpkg/version.nim b/src/somalierpkg/version.nim
index dc40d5d..2096f7a 100644
--- a/src/somalierpkg/version.nim
+++ b/src/somalierpkg/version.nim
@@ -1 +1 @@
-let somalierVersion* = "0.2.16"
+let somalierVersion* = "0.2.17"