diff --git a/config/version.txt b/config/version.txt
index 29d3fcd55..8b8c9062f 100644
--- a/config/version.txt
+++ b/config/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.17.0
+8.17.1
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-highlights.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes/release-highlights.asciidoc
index 49ee99ed8..366496c0a 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-highlights.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-highlights.asciidoc
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ These are the important new features and changes in minor releases. Every releas
 
 For a list of detailed changes, including bug fixes, please see the https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java/releases[GitHub project realease notes].
 
+[discrete]
+==== Version 8.17
+* No new feature.
+
 [discrete]
 ==== Version 8.16
 * `ElasticsearchClient` is now `Closeable`. Closing a client object also closes the underlying transport - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java/pull/851[#851]
diff --git a/java-client/src/main-flavored/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/VersionInfo.java b/java-client/src/main-flavored/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/VersionInfo.java
index 8e637e53f..ab5eb4bad 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main-flavored/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/VersionInfo.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main-flavored/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/VersionInfo.java
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 // Package private
 class VersionInfo {
     static final String FLAVOR = "stack";
-    static final String VERSION = "8.17.0";
+    static final String VERSION = "8.17.1";
 }