diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9588c304..75747916 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,14 +5,26 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.0.17]
+
+### Added
+
+- JWT based API authentication
+- Configurable logging
+
+### Changed
+
+- Deriver & Dialectic API to use Hybrid Memory Architecture
+- Metamessages are not strictly tied to a message
+
 ## [0.0.16]
 
-## Added
+### Added
 
 - Detailed custom exceptions for better error handling
 - CLAUDE.md for claude code
 
-## Changed
+### Changed
 
 - Deriver to use a new cognitive architecture that only updates on user messages
   and updates user representation to apply more confidence scores to its known
@@ -22,7 +34,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - SQLAlchemy echo changed to false by default, can be enabled with SQL_DEBUG
   environment flag
 
-## Fixed
+### Fixed
 
 - Self-hosting documentation and README to mention `uv` instead of `poetry`
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f6224a7..1a2f2338 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🫡 Honcho
 
-![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.0.16-blue)
+![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.0.17-blue)
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1016845111637839922?style=flat&logo=discord&logoColor=23ffffff&label=Plastic%20Labs&labelColor=235865F2)](https://discord.gg/plasticlabs)
 [![arXiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2310.06983-b31b1b.svg)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06983)
 ![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/plastic-labs/honcho)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a37657de..4814ca19 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "honcho"
-version = "0.0.16"
+version = "0.0.17"
 description = "Honcho Server"
 authors = [
   {name = "Plastic Labs", email = "hello@plasticlabs.ai"},
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 6ff7a123..3233c046 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ app = FastAPI(
     summary="An API for adding personalization to AI Apps",
     description="""This API is used to store data and get insights about users for AI
     applications""",
-    version="0.0.16",
+    version="0.0.17",
     contact={
         "name": "Plastic Labs",
         "url": "https://plasticlabs.ai",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 3942c233..2ab8ff84 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "honcho"
-version = "0.0.15"
+version = "0.0.16"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "alembic" },