diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/hspec-api.cabal b/hspec-api.cabal
--- a/hspec-api.cabal
+++ b/hspec-api.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hspec-api
-version:        2.11.16
+version:        2.11.17
 synopsis:       A Testing Framework for Haskell
 description:    This package provides a stable API that can be used to extend Hspec's functionality.
 category:       Testing
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues
 author:         Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 maintainer:     Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
-copyright:      (c) 2022-2025 Simon Hengel
+copyright:      (c) 2022-2026 Simon Hengel
 license:        MIT
 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Simple
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-depends:
       base ==4.*
-    , hspec-core ==2.11.16
+    , hspec-core ==2.11.17
     , transformers
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@
       base ==4.*
     , hspec ==2.*
     , hspec-api
-    , hspec-core ==2.11.16
+    , hspec-core ==2.11.17
     , transformers
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/version.yaml b/version.yaml
--- a/version.yaml
+++ b/version.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: &version 2.11.16
+version: &version 2.11.17
 synopsis: A Testing Framework for Haskell
 author: Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 maintainer: Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>