diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 723844691..fcab4a8f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 ===
 
+## Version 6.17.1
+
+### 🛠 Fixes & Updates
+
+* _actually_ publish releases to npm ([c6a8883](https://github.com/readmeio/markdown/commit/c6a88835ebf4fd7a7ba7537ac932eaa03468404a))
+* release comment links ([0e87904](https://github.com/readmeio/markdown/commit/0e87904691c1a11180c0a7c3ec04ddc1295398a8))
+* remove next as release branch ([c67c794](https://github.com/readmeio/markdown/commit/c67c794744997a04d2b7e52d6a2322be530de628))
+
 ## Version 6.17.0
 
 ### 📘 Tests & Docs
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 920eb9269..1fd8078a3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@readme/markdown",
-  "version": "6.17.0",
+  "version": "6.17.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2208d5aae..a6d374fe0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@readme/markdown",
   "description": "ReadMe's React-based Markdown parser",
   "author": "Rafe Goldberg <rafe@readme.io>",
-  "version": "6.17.0",
+  "version": "6.17.1",
   "main": "dist/main.node.js",
   "browser": "dist/main.js",
   "files": [