diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3828ac..418b1e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.17.4] - Unreleased
+## [0.17.4] - 2024-11-23
 
 - Serialization: add support for the XML namespace prefix that is traditionally used for the
   Microsoft PlayReady scheme (`mspr:`). Patch from @bwjun-tving.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 114156a..fe4ea3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dash-mpd"
-version = "0.17.3"
+version = "0.17.4"
 authors = ["Eric Marsden <eric.marsden@risk-engineering.org>"]
 description = "Parse, serialize, download an MPD manifest for MPEG-DASH or WebM-DASH media streaming"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ axum = "0.7.9"
 hyper-serve = { version = "0.6.2" }
 axum-auth = "0.7.0"
 noxious-client = "1.0.4"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", default-features = false, features = ["cookies", "json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", default-features = false, features = ["cookies", "json", "blocking"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
 anyhow = "1.0.93"
 roxmltree = "0.20.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ba48ba..c6d1b5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ default configuration (using an external application as a subprocess).
 ## Priority of different stream preference options
 
 The library allows you to express a preference ordering for several characteristics of streams in a
-DASH manifest (audio language, video resolution, bandwidth/quality, role label). The list belows
+DASH manifest (audio language, video resolution, bandwidth/quality, role label). The list below
 specifies the order in which these preferences are handled:
 
 - First filter out AdaptationSets in the manifest that do not correspond to our language
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ Add to your `Cargo.toml` file:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-dash-mpd = "0.17.3"
+dash-mpd = "0.17.4"
 ```
 
 If you don’t need the download functionality and wish to reduce code size, use:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-dash-mpd = { version = "0.17.3", default-features = false }
+dash-mpd = { version = "0.17.4", default-features = false }
 ```
 
 We endeavour to use **semantic versioning** for this crate despite its 0.x version number: a major