diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23413f1bc..3a4ed3857 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 
+## [1.17.0]
+
+### Added
+
+- Support for configuration using environment variables
+
+### Changed
+
+- Updated to Spring Boot 3
+- Updated several other dependencies
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Reset metadata schema to defaults
+- Validation on metadata record deletion
+
 ## [1.16.2]
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -351,3 +367,4 @@ The first release of reference FAIR Data Point implementation.
 [1.16.0]: /../../tree/v1.16.0
 [1.16.1]: /../../tree/v1.16.1
 [1.16.2]: /../../tree/v1.16.2
+[1.17.0]: /../../tree/v1.17.0
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 59c00a7f3..d73b87f11 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ We support the latest major and minor version with patch versions that fix vulne
 
 | Version | Supported          |
 |---------| ------------------ |
-| 1.16.2  | :white_check_mark: |
-| < 1.16  | :x:                |
+| 1.17.0  | :white_check_mark: |
+| < 1.17  | :x:                |
 
 ## Current Recommendations
 
-* Use 1.16.1 with the newest dependencies (and no known vulnerabilities)
+* Use 1.17.0 with the newest dependencies (and no known vulnerabilities)
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f71ccb1b..abf2ff5ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>nl.dtls</groupId>
     <artifactId>fairdatapoint</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16.2</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>FairDataPoint</name>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 3d15a8a39..680fcbcf3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ metadataProperties:
 
 openapi:
   title: FAIR Data Point API
-  version: 1.16.2
+  version: 1.17.0
   description: "The reference implementation of the metadata registration service: A service implementing the API specification. It contains an authentication system to allow maintainers to define and update metadata. Read-only access to the data is public."
   contact:
     name: Luiz Bonino