diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6219b0f6..a4383c8f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 2026-04-14 v2.17.0
+* [MODPUBSUB-345](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-314) Sensitive data in logs cleanup
+* [MODPUBSUB-315](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-315) Add missing permissions
+* [MODPUBSUB-325](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-325) Fix CQL query when calling `GET /users`
+* [MODPUBSUB-326](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-326) Always close KafkaProducer, remove executor
+* [MODPUBSUB-333](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-333) Upgrade to Vert.x 5.0
+* [MODPUBSUB-345](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-345) Enable GitHub maven workflow
+* Upgrade confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.3.1 to apache/kafka-native:3.8.0
+
 ## 2025-03-11 v2.16.0
 * [MODPUBSUB-295](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-295) Review and cleanup Module Descriptor
 * [MODPUBSUB-302](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODPUBSUB-302) Change permissions to support Eureka
diff --git a/mod-pubsub-client/pom.xml b/mod-pubsub-client/pom.xml
index f9d702ba..dadeccef 100644
--- a/mod-pubsub-client/pom.xml
+++ b/mod-pubsub-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>mod-pubsub</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.folio</groupId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml b/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
index ff579c4d..63e50ec9 100644
--- a/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
+++ b/mod-pubsub-server/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>mod-pubsub</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.folio</groupId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03a4c91f..d30fd5bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.folio</groupId>
   <artifactId>mod-pubsub</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <licenses>