diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65a32850..a82822a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### KiteModels v0.6.16 2025-02-11
+### KiteModels v0.6.17 2025-02-11
 #### Changed
 - always use the brake if the `set_speed` is zero; this fixes the example `steering_test_4p.jl`
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2755771e..4321dfbb 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "KiteModels"
 uuid = "b94af626-7959-4878-9336-2adc27959007"
 authors = ["Uwe Fechner <fechner@aenarete.eu> and contributors"]
-version = "0.6.16"
+version = "0.6.17"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"