diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 503a3d4..eced7bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-2.3.17
+----------------
+* The doins ebuild helper has been rewritten in python for performance, and
+  it does in-kernel file copying on Linux.
+
 portage-2.3.14
 ----------------
 * Repository metadata/layout.conf supports manifest-required-hashes
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 014ea78..f1cfc67 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.17
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 586214 fix KeyError when profile is missing ARCH variable
+    - Bug 615620 disable pygcrypt checksum backend
+    - Bug 624526 rewrite doins in python
+    - Bug 639346 eval disjunctive build deps earlier
+
+
 portage-2.3.16
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d6078f..a584cd8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.16',
+	version = '2.3.17',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',