diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b22cdf75d..99d1260bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# UNRELEASED
+# 5.17.0
   - Changes from 5.16.0:
     - Bugfixes:
       - FIXED: deduplication of route steps when waypoints are used [#4909](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/4909)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55f4fa64e..144af3b02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "osrm",
-  "version": "5.17.0-latest.1",
+  "version": "5.18.0-latest.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "The Open Source Routing Machine is a high performance routing engine written in C++14 designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.",
   "dependencies": {