diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 629755a2..51a68cb5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+2015-05-12, Version 2.17.3
+==========================
+
+ * Use the new remoting.authorization hook for check access (Ritchie Martori)
+
+ * Define remote methods via model settings/config (Miroslav Bajtoš)
+
+ * Pass the full options object to the email send method in user verification process. (Alexandru Savin)
+
+ * un-document _findLayerByHandler (Rand McKinney)
+
+ * Gruntfile: disable debug & watch for CI builds (Miroslav Bajtoš)
+
+ * Update devDependencies to the latest versions (Miroslav Bajtoš)
+
+ * Remove trailing whitespace added by 242bcec (Miroslav Bajtoš)
+
+ * Update model.js (Rand McKinney)
+
+
 2015-04-28, Version 2.17.2
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5be7604..56063dbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loopback",
-  "version": "2.17.2",
+  "version": "2.17.3",
   "description": "LoopBack: Open Source Framework for Node.js",
   "homepage": "http://loopback.io",
   "keywords": [
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/blob/master/LICENSE"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "sl-blip": "http://blip.strongloop.com/loopback@2.17.2"
+    "sl-blip": "http://blip.strongloop.com/loopback@2.17.3"
   }
 }