diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 74a1524..b030058 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Changelog for package xacro
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+1.14.17 (2024-01-25)
+--------------------
+* Expose python.abs()
+* Contributors: Robert Haschke
+
 1.14.16 (2023-05-24)
 --------------------
 * Fix hasattr support of YamlDictWrapper (`#324 <https://github.com/ros/xacro/issues/324>`_)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 088b250..4d48214 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>xacro</name>
-  <version>1.14.16</version>
+  <version>1.14.17</version>
   <description>Xacro (XML Macros)
 
     Xacro is an XML macro language. With xacro, you can construct shorter and more readable XML files by using macros that expand to larger XML expressions.