diff --git a/ChangeLog-8.5.md b/ChangeLog-8.5.md
index 85e18cd7cb2..eb78b2d88b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-8.5.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-8.5.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 8.5 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
-## [8.5.17] - 2021-MM-DD
+## [8.5.17] - 2021-06-23
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 8.5 release series are documented in this fil
 * [#3967](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/3967): Cannot double interface that extends interface that extends `\Throwable`
 * [#3968](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/3968): Test class run in a separate PHP process are passing when `exit` called inside
 
-[8.5.17]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.16...8.5
+[8.5.17]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.16...8.5.17
 [8.5.16]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.15...8.5.16
 [8.5.15]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.14...8.5.15
 [8.5.14]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/8.5.13...8.5.14
diff --git a/src/Runner/Version.php b/src/Runner/Version.php
index 5a755c113e6..ce074af1d68 100644
--- a/src/Runner/Version.php
+++ b/src/Runner/Version.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('8.5.16', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('8.5.17', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
         }
 
         return self::$version;