diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dab5c86..431f5cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.17.0 / unreleased
+
+* [FEATURE] Offline configuration check ([#312](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pull/312))
+
 ## 0.16.0 / 2020-05-29
 
 * [CHANGE] Break out much of the exporter into reusable packages ([#298](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pull/298))
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.0
+0.17.0