diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b91a5c34..50a810ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 
 
+## v1.17.1 (2023-11-03)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix: curate_auth func changed to non-async
+
+await call for _curate_auth_url missing in session
+creation which caused regression.
+function _curate_auth_url changed to non-async,
+tests updated to reflect the same
+
+Signed-off-by: Kaleemullah Siddiqui <ksiddiqu@redhat.com> ([`583193a`](https://github.com/neoave/mrack/commit/583193a10db04e22d5340975e9a04fe6c3272531))
+
+
 ## v1.17.0 (2023-10-23)
 
 ### Chore
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e4f6f680..7667ce6d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = "Petr Vobornik"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.17.0"
+release = "1.17.1"
 
 # to work with ReadTheDocs which is using version < 2.0
 master_doc = "index"
diff --git a/mrack.spec b/mrack.spec
index 5411d19a..0255a780 100644
--- a/mrack.spec
+++ b/mrack.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           mrack
-Version:        1.17.0
+Version:        1.17.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Multicloud use-case based multihost async provisioner
 
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ rm -r src/%{name}.egg-info
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}/providers/utils/{,__pycache__/}testcloud.*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 03 2023 David Pascual Hernandez <davherna@redhat.com> - 1.17.1-1
+- 583193a fix: curate_auth func changed to non-async (Kaleemullah Siddiqui)
+
 * Mon Oct 23 2023 David Pascual Hernandez <davherna@redhat.com> - 1.17.0-1
 - 5251d90 chore(ci): Temporarely remove packit tests (David Pascual)
 - 3a59761 feat(openstack): Append API version to auth_url in credentials (David Pascual)
diff --git a/src/mrack/version.py b/src/mrack/version.py
index 14afd8f1..f368d982 100644
--- a/src/mrack/version.py
+++ b/src/mrack/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """mrack library version."""
-VERSION = "1.17.0"
+VERSION = "1.17.1"