From 54a30cb298469533abf56f83aefc6fac31322dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Thoma <info@martin-thoma.de>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:36:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] REL: 3.17.4

## What's new

### Bug Fixes (BUG)
-  Handle IndirectObject as image filter (#2355) by @stefan6419846

### Documentation (DOC)
-  Quote specs in generate_file_identifiers (#2363) by @exiledkingcc
-  Notes about form fields and annotations (#1945) by @dmjohnsson23
-  Notes about update_page_form_field_values(auto_regenerate) (#2359) by @dmjohnsson23
-  Fix stamping example (#2358) by @dmjohnsson23
-  Stamp images directly on a PDF (#2357) by @dmjohnsson23
-  Correct the example of adding highlight annotation (#2341) by @Tobeabellwether

### Maintenance (MAINT)
-  Update upload-artifact and download-artifact actions from v3 to v4 (#2352) by @stefan6419846

### Testing (TST)
-  Add xfail test for #2336 (#2365) by @MartinThoma
-  Increase test coverage for flate handling of image mode 1 (#2339) by @stefan6419846

### Code Style (STY)
-  File identifier generation restructuring (#2362) by @exiledkingcc
-  Add PdfWriter._ID attribute (#2361) by @exiledkingcc
-  Variable naming convention (#2360) by @MartinThoma

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.17.3...3.17.4)
---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 7 +++++++
 pypdf/_version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1e94335e..0c7855d83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 3.17.4, 2023-12-24
+
+### Bug Fixes (BUG)
+-  Handle IndirectObject as image filter (#2355)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.17.3...3.17.4)
+
 ## Version 3.17.3, 2023-12-17
 
 ### Robustness (ROB)
diff --git a/pypdf/_version.py b/pypdf/_version.py
index c6905e1d1..6c11dd28e 100644
--- a/pypdf/_version.py
+++ b/pypdf/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.17.3"
+__version__ = "3.17.4"