diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 30e247c25865..80a33bb00acc 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.16.1 (Unreleased)
+## 1.17.0 (2021-08-05)
 
 ### Features Added
 
+- Cut hard dependency on requests library
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Key Bugs Fixed
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
index b9b4f5d4b07b..986690699f98 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # regenerated.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "1.16.1"
+VERSION = "1.17.0"