diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb916158d..382123253 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigquery/#history
 
 
+## [3.17.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v3.17.0...v3.17.1) (2024-01-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add pyarrow.large_strign to the _ARROW_SCALAR_IDS_TO_BQ map ([#1796](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/1796)) ([b402a6d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/commit/b402a6df92e656aee10dd2c11c48f6ed93c74fd7))
+* Retry 'job exceeded rate limits' for DDL queries ([#1794](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/issues/1794)) ([39f33b2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/commit/39f33b210ecbe9c2fd390825d29393c2d80257f5))
+
 ## [3.17.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/compare/v3.16.0...v3.17.0) (2024-01-24)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
index 9f62912a4..9b72eddf7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "3.17.0"
+__version__ = "3.17.1"
diff --git a/samples/client_query_destination_table.py b/samples/client_query_destination_table.py
index 486576fea..f6a622229 100644
--- a/samples/client_query_destination_table.py
+++ b/samples/client_query_destination_table.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ def client_query_destination_table(table_id: str) -> None:
     """
 
     # Start the query, passing in the extra configuration.
-    query_job = client.query(sql, job_config=job_config)  # Make an API request.
-    query_job.result()  # Wait for the job to complete.
+    client.query_and_wait(
+        sql, job_config=job_config
+    )  # Make an API request and wait for the query to finish.
 
     print("Query results loaded to the table {}".format(table_id))
     # [END bigquery_query_destination_table]