diff --git a/assembly/.gitrepo b/assembly/.gitrepo
index 9d0b49ce28..69c0cb7ddf 100644
--- a/assembly/.gitrepo
+++ b/assembly/.gitrepo
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 	remote = git@github.com:daisy/pipeline-assembly.git
 	branch = master
 	commit = 815c3e0c9f2dfe67abebc18b2100c77da188a433
-	parent = 02da3dee4eb2c7841ddc7455e36edd597b3c228e
+	parent = b7056e4d861d6280fb609133a7d0101a64551724
 	cmdver = 0.3.1
diff --git a/assembly/NEWS.md b/assembly/NEWS.md
index 227bfa5679..47336a945c 100644
--- a/assembly/NEWS.md
+++ b/assembly/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+Changes in release v1.14.17
+===========================
+
+## Framework
+- **NEW** API for getting and setting TTS and other properties globally
+
+## Modules
+
+- **NEW** Script option for specifying aural CSS style sheets for TTS
+- **FIX** Support for linking to aural CSS style sheets from source document
+- **FIX** Support for `speech-rate` CSS property with Azure voices
+- **FIX** Simplified Azure voice names
+- **FIX** Improved interpretation of voice configuration XML
+  - region subtags are now significant
+  - engine overall priority is taken into account
+- **FIX** Drop `title` attribute from page breaks when creating HTML from DTBook/ZedAI
+- **FIX** Take into account `enum` and `start` attributes on DTBook lists when converting to RTF
+- **FIX** Various issues reported by EPUBCheck and Ace in EPUBs created from DTBook, ZedAI and HTML
+- Other bugfixes
+- Changes to braille production scripts, see release notes of braille modules [v1.14.19](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11419) and [v1.14.21](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11421)
+
+## Details
+
+See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/3). To view using the [Github CLI](https://cli.github.com/): `gh project --owner daisy item-list 3`
+
 Changes in release v1.14.16
 ===========================
 
@@ -26,7 +51,7 @@ Changes in release v1.14.15
 - **FIX** Better marking of page breaks in EPUB 3 output
 - **FIX** Issues in SAPI adapter
 - Other bugfixes
-- Changes to braille production scripts, see [release notes of braille modules v1.14.14](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11414)
+- Changes to braille production scripts, see release notes of braille modules [v1.14.15](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11415) and [v1.14.16](https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-modules/blob/master/braille/NEWS.md#v11416)
 
 Backwards incompatibility note: some script options were renamed. Please check the [script
 documentation](http://daisy.github.io/pipeline/Get-Help/User-Guide/Scripts/) and update your client
@@ -34,7 +59,7 @@ code if needed.
 
 ## Details
 
-See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/2).
+See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/2). To view using the [Github CLI](https://cli.github.com/): `gh project --owner daisy item-list 2`
 
 Changes in release v1.14.14
 ===========================
@@ -72,7 +97,7 @@ Changes in release v1.14.13
 
 ## Details
 
-See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/1).
+See [all the closed issues of this release](https://github.com/orgs/daisy/projects/1). To view using the [Github CLI](https://cli.github.com/): `gh project --owner daisy item-list 1`
 
 Changes in release v1.14.12
 ===========================
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index dfcb22b737..2507db80ac 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline</groupId>
   <artifactId>assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>1.14.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.14.17-p2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>DAISY Pipeline 2 :: Assembly</name>
   <description>Builds the main distribution of the DAISY Pipeline 2.</description>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
   <properties>
-    <cli.version>2.1.7</cli.version>
+    <cli.version>2.1.8</cli.version>
     <classifier />
     <classifier.dash /> <!-- classifier followed by "-" -->
     <!--
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline</groupId>
         <artifactId>framework-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.15</version>
+        <version>1.14.16</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
         <artifactId>modules-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.19-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.14.22</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -466,16 +466,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
-      <artifactId>css-speech</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>*</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
       <artifactId>css-utils</artifactId>
@@ -956,16 +946,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
-      <artifactId>text-to-ssml</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>*</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
       <artifactId>tts-adapter-acapela</artifactId>
@@ -2156,10 +2136,6 @@
                   <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
                   <artifactId>common-utils</artifactId>
                 </artifactItem>
-                <artifactItem>
-                  <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>css-speech</artifactId>
-                </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
                   <artifactId>css-utils</artifactId>
@@ -2352,10 +2328,6 @@
                   <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
                   <artifactId>odf-utils</artifactId>
                 </artifactItem>
-                <artifactItem>
-                  <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>text-to-ssml</artifactId>
-                </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.daisy.pipeline.modules</groupId>
                   <artifactId>tts-adapter-acapela</artifactId>
diff --git a/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt b/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
index 10740fae8e..b15edbc065 100644
--- a/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
+++ b/assembly/src/main/resources/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-              DAISY Pipeline 2 - 1.14.15 - October 20, 2023
+              DAISY Pipeline 2 - 1.14.17 - January 22, 2024
 ==============================================================================
 
 
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ The package includes:
 3. Release Notes
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The package includes the 1.14.15 version of the project.
+The package includes the 1.14.17 version of the project.
 
 See the release notes on this page:
-  https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-assembly/blob/master/NEWS.md#changes-in-release-v11415
+  https://github.com/daisy/pipeline-assembly/blob/master/NEWS.md#changes-in-release-v11417
 
 4. Prerequisites
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------