diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index eabde802..580b8fb0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.16.0"
+    ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9bb42406..b7fa1ee1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0) (2026-07-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **runtime:** add ByteStream for binary parsing + MIDI example ([#188](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/issues/188)) ([60a92be](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/commit/60a92be0e721e5f97a57c2130a3c68caecf74d49))
+* support parse-tree XPath queries ([#186](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/issues/186)) ([5969f40](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/commit/5969f40d7ff87920981d0715dbebed32fc1bb737))
+
 ## [0.16.0](https://github.com/ophi-dev/antlr-rust-runtime/compare/v0.15.2...v0.16.0) (2026-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c1887059..e6653492 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "antlr-rust-runtime"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hmac-sha256",
  "icu_casemap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc9bcbde..1bc441b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "antlr-rust-runtime"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.95"
 description = "High performance Rust runtime and target support for ANTLR v4 generated parsers"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fe5c168..79479d52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ For Rust projects, add the runtime crate:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-antlr-rust-runtime = "0.16.0"
+antlr-rust-runtime = "0.17.0"
 ```
 
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