From f993b14e739ed097cdc17fbf6d7a6666a9f88bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rcourtman <courtmanr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:24:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare v5.0.17 release

---
 VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index db5a3c5c71..d9150afa6e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.16
+5.0.17