diff --git a/nxt/version.json b/nxt/version.json
index 39c3d2b..54b9793 100644
--- a/nxt/version.json
+++ b/nxt/version.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "API": {
     "MAJOR": 0,
-    "MINOR": 16,
-    "PATCH": 1
+    "MINOR": 17,
+    "PATCH": 0
   },
   "GRAPH": {
     "MAJOR": 1,