diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 256c881..7b51ca0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.1"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc65acf..fe3fc60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.16.1...v0.17.0) (2025-05-17)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* create ID per request for logging and error response ([f635d6c](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/f635d6c2330ad4e0cf2ce743092536acbf6f97ee))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add basic README ([827fd88](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/827fd881108970f3308a13f664009cab40fdc3f8))
+* add some badges to the README ([aac954c](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/aac954cafc219f4273ba80e4e64cf4290bf54b0f))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **handler:** limited Frembed support ([8b82215](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/8b82215c321d7a45575e6efed7adcf74a625d656))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* cleanup url and extractorRegistry variable/prop names ([4a705ce](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/4a705ce0883f78940d03512b9432eb0aec8120e3))
+* use template literal consistently ([f2fb482](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/f2fb4821e3a4c9ee902c6f846197f8c0381f38e8))
+
 ## [0.16.1](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.16.0...v0.16.1) (2025-05-16)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b55bb71..57008c1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.16.1",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.16.1",
+      "version": "0.17.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@isaacs/ttlcache": "^1.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b23af41..2d78a8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.16.1",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit --project ./tsconfig.dev.json",
diff --git a/src/utils/manifest.ts b/src/utils/manifest.ts
index 650fcae..7d3dde7 100644
--- a/src/utils/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manifest.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Config, ManifestWithConfig } from '../types';
 export const buildManifest = (handlers: Handler[], config: Config): ManifestWithConfig => {
   const manifest: ManifestWithConfig = {
     id: process.env['MANIFEST_ID'] || 'webstreamr',
-    version: '0.16.1', // x-release-please-version
+    version: '0.17.0', // x-release-please-version
     name: process.env['MANIFEST_NAME'] || 'WebStreamr',
     description: 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.',
     resources: [