diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d80e8d0f3..8e762752c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "17.4.1"
+  ".": "17.5.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 342a0dad2..8b4d564ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/release-please?activeTab=versions
 
+## [17.5.0](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v17.4.1...v17.5.0) (2026-04-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add include-commit-authors option to include author info in changelogs ([#2628](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2628)) ([77b12ad](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/77b12adf477fc4de4dea6fead96bc58a9f241be9)), closes [#1716](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/1716)
+* create Scm abstraction ([#2729](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2729)) ([8c5e2ae](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/8c5e2ae31e8f4eda506fd372eba3c342e7a9ef22))
+
 ## [17.4.1](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v17.4.0...v17.4.1) (2026-04-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 831f3d916..d3d8159d2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "17.4.1",
+  "version": "17.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "release-please",
-      "version": "17.4.1",
+      "version": "17.5.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@conventional-commits/parser": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 793ddeb88..dbc0ca3f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "17.4.1",
+  "version": "17.5.0",
   "description": "generate release PRs based on the conventionalcommits.org spec",
   "main": "./build/src/index.js",
   "bin": "./build/src/bin/release-please.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2b8ee44f5..ba6777bbd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ export const configSchema = require('../../schemas/config.json');
 export const manifestSchema = require('../../schemas/manifest.json');
 
 // x-release-please-start-version
-export const VERSION = '17.4.1';
+export const VERSION = '17.5.0';
 // x-release-please-end