diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d34b8a..d1a261a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+(nothing yet)
+
+## [1.17.0] — 2026-07-10
+
 ### Added
 
 - **Integrated soil-pile interaction on the WindIO monopile path (#118).**
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 382d909..a3d4e12 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ authors:
     email: jaehoon.seo@inha.ac.kr
     affiliation: "Marine Structural Mechanics and Integrity Lab (SMI Lab), Inha University"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-2119" 
-version: 1.16.1
-date-released: "2026-07-06"
+version: 1.17.0
+date-released: "2026-07-10"
 license: Apache-2.0
 repository-code: "https://github.com/SMI-Lab-Inha/pyBModes"
 url: "https://github.com/SMI-Lab-Inha/pyBModes"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 850bbe5..b280c70 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pybmodes"
-version = "1.16.1"
+version = "1.17.0"
 description = "Python finite-element library for wind turbine blade and tower modal analysis (OpenFAST/ElastoDyn)"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
diff --git a/src/pybmodes/__init__.py b/src/pybmodes/__init__.py
index 6fe9042..6d99ecd 100644
--- a/src/pybmodes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pybmodes/__init__.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     # Fallback for an uninstalled source tree (no package metadata).
     # Keep in step with ``pyproject.toml`` ``[project] version``.
-    __version__ = "1.16.1"
+    __version__ = "1.17.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "CheckOptions",