diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f21b4775bc..c3c4361720 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Added
 
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
+## [v2.7.17] - 2024-08-14
+
+### Added
+
 - Added an `iex` command to setup a user, an apiToken, and credentials so that
   it's possible to get a fully running lightning instance via external shell
   script. (This is a tricky requirement for a distributed set of local
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 2680288731..5c4b02e2d7 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Lightning.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :lightning,
-      version: "2.7.16",
+      version: "2.7.17",
       elixir: "~> 1.15",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       elixirc_options: [