diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bdadd57e8253..de046f384d8e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "backend/core": "0.0.16",
+    "backend/core": "0.0.17",
     ".": "0.0.315"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
index c15ac876ccce..eb790bcfc5f0 100644
--- a/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.17](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/compare/core-0.0.16...core-0.0.17) (2024-09-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **assistants:** mock api ([#3195](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/issues/3195)) ([282fa0e](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/commit/282fa0e3f83f7c6fc8c84ca95f8f4ced4ed34b78))
+* introducing configurable retrieval workflows ([#3227](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/issues/3227)) ([ef90e8e](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/commit/ef90e8e672ca23d104c7d5bde7496f0929adf5d2))
+
 ## [0.0.16](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/compare/core-0.0.15...core-0.0.16) (2024-09-17)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/core/pyproject.toml b/backend/core/pyproject.toml
index 0c5fa7cf9903..c9916c0e91cb 100644
--- a/backend/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "quivr-core"
-version = "0.0.16"
+version = "0.0.17"
 description = "Quivr core RAG package"
 authors = [
     { name = "Stan Girard", email = "stan@quivr.app" }