diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1df137cc..d82c0b5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # NVIDIA Container Toolkit Changelog
 
+## v1.17.3
+- Only allow host-relative LDConfig paths by default.
+
 ## v1.17.2
 - Fixed a bug where legacy images would set imex channels as `all`.
 
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 7b8a14a5..f2d8f71c 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
-LIB_VERSION := 1.17.2
+LIB_VERSION := 1.17.3
 LIB_TAG :=
 
 # The package version is the combination of the library version and tag.