diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
index 974ebb5012..cd14488b72 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,37 @@ so we find problems before the actual release.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+What's new in Pylint 2.17.4?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2023-05-06
+
+
+False Positives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix a false positive for ``bad-dunder-name`` when there is a user-defined
+  ``__index__`` method.
+
+  Closes #8613 (`#8613 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8613>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Bug Fixes
+---------------
+
+- ``pyreverse``: added escaping of vertical bar character in annotation labels
+  produced by DOT printer to ensure it is not treated as field separator of
+  record-based nodes.
+
+  Closes #8603 (`#8603 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8603>`_)
+
+- Fixed a crash when generating a configuration file:
+  ``tomlkit.exceptions.TOMLKitError: Can't add a table to a dotted key``
+  caused by tomlkit ``v0.11.8``.
+
+  Closes #8632 (`#8632 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8632>`_)
+
+
 What's new in Pylint 2.17.3?
 ----------------------------
 Release date: 2023-04-24
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8603.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8603.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a1025c4b3..0000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8603.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-``pyreverse``: added escaping of vertical bar character in annotation labels produced by DOT printer to ensure it is not treated as field separator of record-based nodes.
-
-Closes #8603
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8613.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8613.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d28e9c23..0000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8613.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a false positive for ``bad-dunder-name`` when there is a user-defined ``__index__`` method.
-
-Closes #8613
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index a140a97917..3566c348fc 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.17.3"
+__version__ = "2.17.4"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 62cfd54988..d1d78074ce 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.17.3"
+current = "2.17.4"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.
diff --git a/towncrier.toml b/towncrier.toml
index fce326ad61..d8ef40f102 100644
--- a/towncrier.toml
+++ b/towncrier.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.towncrier]
-version = "2.17.3"
+version = "2.17.4"
 directory = "doc/whatsnew/fragments"
 filename = "doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst"
 template = "doc/whatsnew/fragments/_template.rst"