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similarity index 97%
rename from 3.0.16/pro-android-chat-sdk-3.0.16.pom
rename to 3.0.17/pro-android-chat-sdk-3.0.17.pom
index e9bd828..ff2dc7f 100644
--- a/3.0.16/pro-android-chat-sdk-3.0.16.pom
+++ b/3.0.17/pro-android-chat-sdk-3.0.17.pom
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.cometchat</groupId>
   <artifactId>pro-android-chat-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.16</version>
+  <version>3.0.17</version>
   <packaging>aar</packaging>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22edcda..f58e7fb 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This guide demonstrates how to add chat to an Android application using CometCha
 
 
 [![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Android-brightgreen)](#)
-<a href=" "> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-3.0.16-important" /></a>
+<a href=" "> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-3.0.17-important" /></a>
 ![GitHub repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/cometchat-pro/android-chat-sdk)
 ![GitHub contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/cometchat-pro/android-chat-sdk)
 ![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cometchat-pro/android-chat-sdk?style=social)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ``` groovy
 dependencies {
-  implementation 'com.cometchat:cometchat-pro-android-dependencies:3.0.16'
+  implementation 'com.cometchat:cometchat-pro-android-dependencies:3.0.17'
 }
 ```
 </li><li>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Open the app level build.gradle file and <br/>
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-  implementation 'com.cometchat:pro-android-chat-sdk:3.0.16'
+  implementation 'com.cometchat:pro-android-chat-sdk:3.0.17'
 }
 ```
 2. Add the below lines android section
diff --git a/maven-metadata.xml b/maven-metadata.xml
index 1bec7ac..604308c 100644
--- a/maven-metadata.xml
+++ b/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <groupId>com.cometchat</groupId>
   <artifactId>pro-android-chat-sdk</artifactId>
   <versioning>
-    <latest>3.0.16</latest>
-    <release>3.0.16</release>
+    <latest>3.0.17</latest>
+    <release>3.0.17</release>
     <versions>
       <version>3.0.0-beta1</version>
       <version>3.0.0-beta2</version>
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
       <version>3.0.14</version>
       <version>3.0.15</version>
       <version>3.0.16</version>
+      <version>3.0.17</version>
     </versions>
-    <lastUpdated>20230720121756</lastUpdated>
+    <lastUpdated>20230926120727</lastUpdated>
   </versioning>
 </metadata>
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