diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index c36efe50a..7b51ca08b 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.1-SNAPSHOT"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index a00aa1dac..89f95308e 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/compare/v0.16.1-SNAPSHOT...v0.17.0) (2024-09-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Expose detailed error messages in MediaWiki API errors ([#911](https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/issues/911)) ([8627004](https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/commit/862700436e8607f9c8ca80eccde49f9fa3b83c52))
+
 Wikidata Toolkit Release Notes
 ==============================
 
@@ -408,5 +417,3 @@ Bug fixes:
 Know issues:
 * Entities loaded from dump get wrong base IRI (issue #43)
 * URLs for sitelinks are missing (issue #37)
-
-   
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a0090021..81f3b2a51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 	<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.17.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Wikidata Toolkit</name>
diff --git a/wdtk-datamodel/pom.xml b/wdtk-datamodel/pom.xml
index 35151a743..10df43b70 100644
--- a/wdtk-datamodel/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-datamodel/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-datamodel</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-distribution/pom.xml b/wdtk-distribution/pom.xml
index 7d5f197b5..1226b19ad 100644
--- a/wdtk-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-distribution</artifactId>
@@ -170,4 +169,3 @@
 	</profiles>
 
 </project>
-
diff --git a/wdtk-dumpfiles/pom.xml b/wdtk-dumpfiles/pom.xml
index 3d2494561..1447c66a7 100644
--- a/wdtk-dumpfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-dumpfiles/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-dumpfiles</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-examples/pom.xml b/wdtk-examples/pom.xml
index c9c544347..09ea9e222 100644
--- a/wdtk-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-rdf/pom.xml b/wdtk-rdf/pom.xml
index 33310c97c..ca3bf0e2a 100644
--- a/wdtk-rdf/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-rdf/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
     <artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.17.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>wdtk-rdf</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-storage/pom.xml b/wdtk-storage/pom.xml
index e7b55eca7..c785a532f 100644
--- a/wdtk-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-storage/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-storage</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-testing/pom.xml b/wdtk-testing/pom.xml
index 2d252c839..d70c4ff78 100644
--- a/wdtk-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-testing/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-testing</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-util/pom.xml b/wdtk-util/pom.xml
index 5443bb3ac..4c920afeb 100644
--- a/wdtk-util/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-util/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-util</artifactId>
diff --git a/wdtk-wikibaseapi/pom.xml b/wdtk-wikibaseapi/pom.xml
index 95dfcc2d5..8de1e2e35 100644
--- a/wdtk-wikibaseapi/pom.xml
+++ b/wdtk-wikibaseapi/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wikidata.wdtk</groupId>
 		<artifactId>wdtk-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.17.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wdtk-wikibaseapi</artifactId>