diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4e0a376..66e05973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
+## v0.17.0 - 2026-08-24
+### 🐞 Fixes
+- [Patch] Fixed tile-streamer texture exporter (42c3fbf…)
+- [Patch] Added lod debug for splats (0f57d0a…)
+- [Patch] Implemented spatial bucketing for progressive Gaussian tier generation (b9f6373…)
+- [Patch] Implemented new API for gaussian system (820424c…)
+- [Patch] Progressive Gaussian loading is now tile-independent (fd9b2b8…)
+- [Patch] Fix Gaussian LOD memory leak, stale-task race, and code-review findings (cee64e1…)
+### 📚 Docs
+- [Docs] Add tutorials for demos (cb0c6c0…)
+- [Docs] Add more tutorials (a43537b…)
+- [Docs] Add even more tutorials (d9158e3…)
+- [Docs] added architecture docs (cfb9122…)
+- [Docs] fix image url (09dd132…)
+- [Docs] Added additional tutorials (e5e3b37…)
+- [Docs] Updated url paths to demos (fca1fbd…)
+- [Docs] Updated readme with gifs (85c6a1d…)
+### 🚀 Features
+- [Feature] Deliver physics backend events to subscribers and USC scripts (75917cf…)
+- [Feature] Progressive loading for splats (f4d3148…)
+- [Feature] Overdraw-aware Gaussian LOD selection (dc2ca60…)
 ## v0.16.0 - 2026-08-12
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 - [Patch] fixed gaussian not rendering (74d821b…)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2812baee..a73db2ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Clone the repository and launch the Starter Demo:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine.git
 cd UntoldEngine
-git checkout v0.16.0
+git checkout v0.17.0
 swift run StarterDemo
 ```
 
diff --git a/Sources/Demos/ShowcaseDemo/AppDelegate.swift b/Sources/Demos/ShowcaseDemo/AppDelegate.swift
index 6632e27e..ad8734cc 100644
--- a/Sources/Demos/ShowcaseDemo/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/Demos/ShowcaseDemo/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     @MainActor
     final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         private enum Constants {
-            static let appVersion = "0.16.0"
+            static let appVersion = "0.17.0"
             static let defaultWindowSize = NSSize(width: 1920, height: 1080)
             static let minimumWindowSize = NSSize(width: 640, height: 480)
         }
diff --git a/Sources/Sandbox/AppDelegate.swift b/Sources/Sandbox/AppDelegate.swift
index 6dd649f8..ffaa3705 100644
--- a/Sources/Sandbox/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/Sandbox/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     @MainActor
     final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         private enum Constants {
-            static let appVersion = "0.16.0"
+            static let appVersion = "0.17.0"
             static let windowSize = NSSize(width: 1600, height: 900)
         }
 
diff --git a/Sources/UntoldEngine/Renderer/UntoldEngine.swift b/Sources/UntoldEngine/Renderer/UntoldEngine.swift
index 6d810337..20683442 100644
--- a/Sources/UntoldEngine/Renderer/UntoldEngine.swift
+++ b/Sources/UntoldEngine/Renderer/UntoldEngine.swift
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class UntoldRenderer: NSObject, MTKViewDelegate {
             BatchingSystem.shared.applyRuntimeBatchingTuning(.macOSBalanced)
         #endif
 
-        Logger.log(message: "Untold Engine Starting. Version 0.16.0")
+        Logger.log(message: "Untold Engine Starting. Version 0.17.0")
     }
 
     public func initSizeableResources() {
diff --git a/docs/API/GettingStarted.md b/docs/API/GettingStarted.md
index 57fc8cb1..26b530f8 100644
--- a/docs/API/GettingStarted.md
+++ b/docs/API/GettingStarted.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Clone the repository and launch the demo:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine.git
 cd UntoldEngine
-git checkout v0.16.0
+git checkout v0.17.0
 swift run ShowcaseDemo
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 14511dbb..62b7fd8f 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Clone the repository and launch the Starter Demo:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/untoldengine/UntoldEngine.git
 cd UntoldEngine
-git checkout v0.16.0
+git checkout v0.17.0
 swift run StarterDemo
 ```