diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 992f9cf2..8235f3c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.1</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index ce5e1fd6..15faea7f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Active Maintainers:
 
 No changes since 2.17
 
+2.17.1 (04-May-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.17.0
+
 2.17.0 (12-Mar-2024)
 
 #45: (csv) Allow skipping ending line break