diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 436c1c8a35373c..1ff3de6c7f50f7 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -2663,3 +2663,11 @@ cert-store
 ---------
 
 * Fixed CVE-2024-0397 Fix locking in ``cert_store_stats`` and ``get_ca_certs``
+
+Notable changes in 3.7.17.5
+=========================
+
+pyexpat / libexpat
+------------------
+
+* Upgrade bundled libexpat to 2.6.3 to fix CVE-2024-28757, CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491 and CVE-2024-45492.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index a184568ad427ec..d29e478f8bd97c 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.17.4"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.17.5"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.