diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 806582395..0c2128947 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ecdsa"
-version = "0.17.0-rc.23"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dfa0176db12735e38bffeaa3c19ba4470216007496b2088632369bcee6eb5069"
+checksum = "c0681a4fc24c767085329728d8dfba959af91228aa4610cca4f8ce317ba46ae0"
 dependencies = [
  "der",
  "digest",
@@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ checksum = "d6f6ff9a378485b298a5286656da665ba74413d36db0979633275d2e708145d4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc6979"
-version = "0.6.0-rc.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b056b3ce73e99ed2e78481b3db9c30722b1eab738e25b71ca57c9d9285e6276"
+checksum = "b4a459cddafb3fe76b31fd8f1108007566c40301feb64dc7b54656eb7388172b"
 dependencies = [
  "crypto-bigint",
  "hmac",
diff --git a/bp256/Cargo.toml b/bp256/Cargo.toml
index 9626ba6a8..a7be5f5dd 100644
--- a/bp256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bp256/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa = { version = "0.17", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", optional = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
diff --git a/bp384/Cargo.toml b/bp384/Cargo.toml
index 294630225..8ac4291e4 100644
--- a/bp384/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bp384/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa = { version = "0.17", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", optional = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
diff --git a/k256/Cargo.toml b/k256/Cargo.toml
index e0382fb11..5a257689c 100644
--- a/k256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/k256/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["se
 hash2curve = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", optional = true }
 serdect = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ wnaf = { version = "0.14.0-rc.2", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.7"
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 hex-literal = "1"
 num-bigint = "0.4"
diff --git a/k256/src/ecdsa.rs b/k256/src/ecdsa.rs
index 5ae434fc5..333dde212 100644
--- a/k256/src/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/k256/src/ecdsa.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ mod tests {
             );
 
             let digest = Keccak256::new_with_prefix(msg);
-            let (sig, recid) = signing_key.sign_digest_recoverable(digest.clone()).unwrap();
+            let (sig, recid) = signing_key.sign_digest_recoverable(digest.clone());
             assert_eq!(
                 sig.to_bytes().as_slice(),
                 &hex!(
diff --git a/p192/Cargo.toml b/p192/Cargo.toml
index 7be351e29..2e220375f 100644
--- a/p192/Cargo.toml
+++ b/p192/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", optional = true }
 serdect = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex-literal = "1"
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", features = ["dev"] }
 
diff --git a/p224/Cargo.toml b/p224/Cargo.toml
index 6d81a71eb..6b2418179 100644
--- a/p224/Cargo.toml
+++ b/p224/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", optional = true }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ serdect = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false }
 sha2 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex-literal = "1"
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", features = ["dev"] }
 
diff --git a/p256/Cargo.toml b/p256/Cargo.toml
index 81e943d0e..9d744b9e4 100644
--- a/p256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/p256/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hash2curve = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.7"
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex-literal = "1"
 primefield = { version = "0.14" }
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", features = ["dev"] }
diff --git a/p256/tests/ecdsa.rs b/p256/tests/ecdsa.rs
index 27fdfaf59..6dbb244ef 100644
--- a/p256/tests/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/p256/tests/ecdsa.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ proptest! {
     #[test]
     fn recover_from_msg(sk in signing_key()) {
         let msg = b"example";
-        let (signature, v) = sk.sign_recoverable(msg).unwrap();
+        let (signature, v) = sk.sign_recoverable(msg);
         let recovered_vk = VerifyingKey::recover_from_msg(msg, &signature, v).unwrap();
         prop_assert_eq!(sk.verifying_key(), &recovered_vk);
     }
diff --git a/p384/Cargo.toml b/p384/Cargo.toml
index 8fca361b2..dead513f3 100644
--- a/p384/Cargo.toml
+++ b/p384/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hash2curve = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fiat-crypto = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.7"
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex-literal = "1"
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", features = ["dev"] }
 proptest = "1.11"
diff --git a/p521/Cargo.toml b/p521/Cargo.toml
index b0ca9c730..c0c8d8237 100644
--- a/p521/Cargo.toml
+++ b/p521/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ base16ct = "1"
 elliptic-curve = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, features = ["sec1"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["der"] }
 hash2curve = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
 hex-literal = { version = "1", optional = true }
 primefield = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.7"
-ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17.0-rc.23", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
+ecdsa-core = { version = "0.17", package = "ecdsa", default-features = false, features = ["dev"] }
 hex-literal = "1"
 primeorder = { version = "0.14.0-rc.15", features = ["dev"] }
 proptest = "1.11"