diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5de0df11..ecd3caac 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.16.1"
+  ".": "9.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba78c5f3..785b7f9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Python SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [9.17.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.16.1...9.17.0) (2026-07-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add async big segment store manager and async Redis adapter ([#462](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/462)) ([aa492d2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/aa492d230252efd26256540cb35e86022b9342f7))
+* Add async hook, plugin, and flag tracker ([#463](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/463)) ([686a70a](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/686a70a13e60a61ab6bd84b85f5753d91dad9960))
+* Add AsyncConfig for the async SDK client ([#471](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/471)) ([0587a78](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/0587a780c8bb0697ca6a9ecf1d161b51eeba204f))
+
 ## [9.16.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.16.0...9.16.1) (2026-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index 8937cf39..7158e427 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=9.16.1
+SDK_VERSION=9.17.0
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/ldclient/version.py b/ldclient/version.py
index 7c778135..948c073d 100644
--- a/ldclient/version.py
+++ b/ldclient/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "9.16.1"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "9.17.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2fe672e..901e9aa6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "9.16.1"
+version = "9.17.0"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = [
     {name = "LaunchDarkly", email = "dev@launchdarkly.com"}