diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83a9494dd..e9791e09d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_api"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_api_common"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-rt",
  "actix-web",
@@ -2406,7 +2406,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_api_crud"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-web",
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_apub"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "activitystreams-kinds",
@@ -2466,7 +2466,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_db_schema"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_db_views"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_db_views_actor"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_db_views_moderator"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_routes"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
@@ -2558,7 +2558,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_server"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-rt",
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_utils"
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf3dec591..3a114c8fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.16.5"
+version = "0.17.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A link aggregator for the fediverse"
 license = "AGPL-3.0"
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lemmy_api = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/api" }
-lemmy_api_crud = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/api_crud" }
-lemmy_apub = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/apub" }
-lemmy_utils = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/utils" }
-lemmy_db_schema = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/db_schema" }
-lemmy_api_common = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/api_common" }
-lemmy_routes = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/routes" }
-lemmy_db_views = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/db_views" }
-lemmy_db_views_actor = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/db_views_actor" }
-lemmy_db_views_moderator = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "./crates/db_views_moderator" }
+lemmy_api = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/api" }
+lemmy_api_crud = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/api_crud" }
+lemmy_apub = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/apub" }
+lemmy_utils = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/utils" }
+lemmy_db_schema = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/db_schema" }
+lemmy_api_common = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/api_common" }
+lemmy_routes = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/routes" }
+lemmy_db_views = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/db_views" }
+lemmy_db_views_actor = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/db_views_actor" }
+lemmy_db_views_moderator = { version = "=0.17.0", path = "./crates/db_views_moderator" }
 activitypub_federation = "0.3.4"
 diesel = "2.0.2"
 diesel_migrations = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 9df989e66..a909fa51a 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+set -e
 #git checkout main
 
-pushd ../docker/prod/
-
 # Creating the new tag
 new_tag="$1"
 third_semver=$(echo $new_tag | cut -d "." -f 3)
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ third_semver=$(echo $new_tag | cut -d "." -f 3)
 # The ansible and docker installs should only update for non release-candidates
 # IE, when the third semver is a number, not '2-rc'
 if [ ! -z "${third_semver##*[!0-9]*}" ]; then
+  pushd ../docker/prod/
   sed -i "s/dessalines\/lemmy:.*/dessalines\/lemmy:$new_tag/" ../prod/docker-compose.yml
   sed -i "s/dessalines\/lemmy-ui:.*/dessalines\/lemmy-ui:$new_tag/" ../prod/docker-compose.yml
   sed -i "s/dessalines\/lemmy-ui:.*/dessalines\/lemmy-ui:$new_tag/" ../dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${third_semver##*[!0-9]*}" ]; then
   git add ../prod/docker-compose.yml
   git add ../dev/docker-compose.yml
   git add ../federation/docker-compose.yml
+  popd
 
   # Setting the version for Ansible
   pushd ../../../lemmy-ansible
@@ -29,10 +30,9 @@ if [ ! -z "${third_semver##*[!0-9]*}" ]; then
   popd
 fi
 
-# Update crate versions for crates.io
-pushd ../../
-old_tag=$(head -3 Cargo.toml | tail -1 | cut -d'"' -f 2)
-# same as above, for the main cargo.toml
+# Update crate versions
+pushd ..
+old_tag=$(grep version Cargo.toml | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f 2)
 sed -i "s/{ version = \"=$old_tag\", path/{ version = \"=$new_tag\", path/g" Cargo.toml
 sed -i "s/version = \"$old_tag\"/version = \"$new_tag\"/g" Cargo.toml
 git add Cargo.toml