diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5619f0bbb..dbb90ce3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ This project follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) fo
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.17.0] - 2023-08-21
+
+### Added
+* Feat: Add Batch Processor module in (#1317) by @scottgerring 
+* Feat: Add SNS+SQS large messages module (#1310) by @jeromevdl
+
+### Maintenance
+* fix: use default credentials provider for all provided SDK clients in (#1303) by @roamingthings
+* Chore: Make request for Logger explicitly for current class in (#1307) by @jreijn 
+* Chore: checkstyle formater & linter in (#1316) by @jeromevdl
+* Chore: Add powertools specific user-agent-suffix to the AWS SDK v2 clients by @eldimi in (#1306)
+* Chore: Add 'v2' branch to build workflows to prepare for v2 work in (#1341) by @scottgerring 
+* Deps: Bump third party dependencies to the latest versions.
+
+### Documentation
+* Docs: Add maintainers guide in (#1326) by @scottgerring 
+* Docs: improve contributing guide in (#1334) by @jeromevdl
+* Docs: Improve example documentation in (#1291) by @scottgerring 
+* Docs: Add discord + sec disclosure links to readme in (#1311) by @scottgerring 
+* Docs: Add external examples from AWS SAM CLI App Templates in (#1318) by @AlexeySoshin 
+* Docs: Add CDK example in (#1321) by @AlexeySoshin
+
 ## [1.16.1] - 2023-07-19
 
 * Fix: idempotency timeout bug (#1285) by @scottgerring
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 9689e8d71..652a845a5 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
index 418da8fe7..aea59e873 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-batch</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Batch</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index d8b2d022d..8a4834cdf 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-cloudformation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/pom.xml
index 3dc7adb6a..6a244a68d 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/infra/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>cdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <cdk.version>2.91.0</cdk.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
index 4d90bff94..a21d64910 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index c6afdcbe2..1f194eeb2 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-idempotency</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Idempotency</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
index dc3395069..11d5de24a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-parameters</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Parameters</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
index 459d7a7b2..3674c8b10 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-serialization</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Serialization</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index 84cbefb2a..277c282a4 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-sqs</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - SQS</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
index f916930d5..3fdb55412 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-validation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Validation</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c6d94795..3b05583a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.17.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Parent</name>
diff --git a/powertools-batch/pom.xml b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
index 9e25dabd8..2243c3097 100644
--- a/powertools-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
index a122e7ac8..99b4a6fdc 100644
--- a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java)library Cloudformation</name>
diff --git a/powertools-core/pom.xml b/powertools-core/pom.xml
index 78cd735b9..830405376 100644
--- a/powertools-core/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-core/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Core</name>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
index dcf8908e7..9b3636dbd 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <description>Fake handlers that use Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java).</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <lambda.powertools.version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</lambda.powertools.version>
+        <lambda.powertools.version>1.17.0</lambda.powertools.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 534b65d3b..848f7768a 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-e2e-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
index 2e68ea563..3f205b321 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-idempotency</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml b/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
index a9ded60c5..88ace5b4e 100644
--- a/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-large-messages</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index 83650fcde..5e1ee339c 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Logging</name>
diff --git a/powertools-metrics/pom.xml b/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
index 7b2e99045..253b2596f 100644
--- a/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Metrics</name>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index fab72a9b7..74055614a 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-parameters</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
index 2a57f21e3..3dd59ba32 100644
--- a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-serialization</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-sqs/pom.xml b/powertools-sqs/pom.xml
index c21943fba..1e274011d 100644
--- a/powertools-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library SQS</name>
diff --git a/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml b/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
index 4a79d2987..4969f171a 100644
--- a/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Test Suite</name>
diff --git a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
index b5de90f7b..afe4cb570 100644
--- a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Tracing</name>
diff --git a/powertools-validation/pom.xml b/powertools-validation/pom.xml
index daec3aa99..ad8e192fd 100644
--- a/powertools-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-validation/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) validation library</name>