diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5511a6c..da1daca5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Add Capistrano to your project's Gemfile using `require: false`:
 
 ``` ruby
 group :development do
-  gem "capistrano", "~> 3.16", require: false
+  gem "capistrano", "~> 3.17", require: false
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/version.rb b/lib/capistrano/version.rb
index 7c60941d..0776f492 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/version.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Capistrano
-  VERSION = "3.16.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "3.17.0".freeze
 end