diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ff441801a81a9de56cd1eda590c506b2d39e2346..503809f903302e8112aab54fa36e9d4671a95471 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v 1.17.0
+
+- Extract health check in its own middleware !247
+- Increase GitLab internal API response timeout !253
+- Add support for proxying GitLab serverless requests !232
+
 v 1.16.0
 
 - Add metrics for GitLab API calls !229
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.0
+1.17.0