diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index da1026d4..9a606812 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changelog
 Development
 ===========
 - (Fill this out as you fix issues and develop your features).
+
+Changes in 0.17.0
+=================
 - Fix .only() working improperly after using .count() of the same instance of QuerySet
 - Fix batch_size that was not copied when cloning a queryset object #2011
 - POTENTIAL BREAKING CHANGE: All result fields are now passed, including internal fields (_cls, _id) when using `QuerySet.as_pymongo` #1976
diff --git a/mongoengine/__init__.py b/mongoengine/__init__.py
index 2b78d4e6..b94efab9 100644
--- a/mongoengine/__init__.py
+++ b/mongoengine/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ __all__ = (list(document.__all__) + list(fields.__all__) +
            list(signals.__all__) + list(errors.__all__))
 
 
-VERSION = (0, 16, 3)
+VERSION = (0, 17, 0)
 
 
 def get_version():