diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0b0925e0..4ff9ed00 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.0-rc0 21600000
+2.17.0-rc0 21700000
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/21700000.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/21700000.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fed5aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/21700000.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bugfixes, performance improvements and maybe new features.
+¯\_(ツ)_/¯
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 841d92a5..a3ae9aee 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
-project.versioning.minor=16
+project.versioning.minor=17
 project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################