diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e3dd60267..386eb53f16 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 0.17.0 (February 3, 2022)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Upgrade to `v0.17.0` of `opentelemetry` (#1853)
+  For list of breaking changes in OpenTelemetry, see the
+  [v0.17.0 changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/blob/main/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md#v0170).
+
 # 0.16.0 (October 23, 2021)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index a03a92cbe4..2395219b77 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 authors = [
     "Julian Tescher <julian@tescher.me>",
     "Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"