diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index da36866652..cca851d2e0 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-unreleased
-==========
+4.17.0 / 2019-05-16
+===================
 
   * Add `express.raw` to parse bodies into `Buffer`
   * Add `express.text` to parse bodies into string
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87b80ce33d..726af2f6ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "express",
   "description": "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework",
-  "version": "4.16.4",
+  "version": "4.17.0",
   "author": "TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>",
   "contributors": [
     "Aaron Heckmann <aaron.heckmann+github@gmail.com>",