diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f037512c..631cbbca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "web3"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "Ethereum JSON-RPC client."
 homepage = "https://github.com/tomusdrw/rust-web3"
 repository = "https://github.com/tomusdrw/rust-web3"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ccb1d3a..a2b59643 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ First, add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-web3 = "0.16.0"
+web3 = "0.17.0"
 ```
 
 ## Example
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ web3.api::<CustomNamespace>().custom_method().wait().unwrap()
 Currently, Windows does not support IPC, which is enabled in the library by default.
 To compile, you need to disable the IPC feature:
 ```
-web3 = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = ["http"] }
+web3 = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, features = ["http"] }
 ```
 
 # Avoiding OpenSSL dependency
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ web3 = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = ["http"] }
 On Linux, `native-tls` is implemented using OpenSSL. To avoid that dependency
 for HTTPS use the corresponding feature.
 ```
-web3 = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = ["http-rustls-tls"] }
+web3 = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, features = ["http-rustls-tls"] }
 ```
 
 # Cargo Features