diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5de0df11..ecd3caac 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.16.1"
+  ".": "9.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba78c5f3..3663832b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Python SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [9.17.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.16.1...9.17.0) (2026-08-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add async big segment store manager and async Redis adapter ([#462](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/462)) ([aa492d2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/aa492d230252efd26256540cb35e86022b9342f7))
+* Add async DynamoDB persistent feature store ([#490](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/490)) ([cb010df](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/cb010df83dfbab4c7b6bdfbcd08bd30bcb8d6baf))
+* Add async event processor ([ec7c113](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/ec7c1137e9c64b3a010baac83e3b6aebd9db8df6))
+* Add async event processor ([#472](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/472)) ([ec7c113](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/ec7c1137e9c64b3a010baac83e3b6aebd9db8df6))
+* Add async FDv1 polling data source and feature requester ([#475](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/475)) ([cca37a8](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/cca37a86fff49adb69144e046b4f9a9c47d473bd))
+* Add async FDv1 streaming and data source status tracking ([#464](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/464)) ([4bf7067](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/4bf7067e1d084df0eaa04cceefb95a79821ca966))
+* Add async FDv2 data sources ([#485](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/485)) ([5da1515](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/5da1515fb4825383c187f2a80b320df0b6323e5a))
+* Add async FDv2 data system ([#486](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/486)) ([6a70132](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/6a70132ce94e8a37e392b2bfd916e6ea9d86ffc4))
+* Add async hook, plugin, and flag tracker ([#463](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/463)) ([686a70a](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/686a70a13e60a61ab6bd84b85f5753d91dad9960))
+* Add async migration support ([#470](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/470)) ([577d51e](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/577d51e1092a64d0053725503f50ad0183dc2ad7))
+* Add async persistent feature store foundation and Redis adapter ([f9c76ee](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/f9c76ee071683f8753a9802bcfef19ae0efa1715))
+* Add AsyncConfig for the async SDK client ([#471](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/471)) ([0587a78](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/0587a780c8bb0697ca6a9ecf1d161b51eeba204f))
+* Add AsyncLDClient with FDv1 data system and public API ([#480](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/480)) ([fd041a5](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/fd041a5587cf263080d1b14eeb3ac925b80599d8))
+* Add Config.with_wrapper_information ([#501](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/501)) ([8a98583](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/8a9858318e7cbeaeef12b17a2a2077bad0175c57))
+* Add environment ID support for hooks. ([#484](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/484)) ([49e809f](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/49e809fda444fd1136fb6c20c549c787c106f56d))
+* Add read-only store views and async persistence foundation for the data system ([#503](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/503)) ([0eb61fa](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/0eb61fa574661c3c2cb1c674fc9add6666f6407a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow tombstones without a key property ([#502](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/502)) ([5f44e61](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/5f44e618f23afe3d9c93fdf86b7bdf4c2b133aef))
+* Escape attribute names reported in redactedAttributes ([#505](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/505)) ([90059cb](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/90059cb48e53085ea1ea046d6c0892d291df174e))
+* Prevent a persistent-store outage from throwing in the sync FDv2 evaluation ([#506](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/506)) ([467da53](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/467da53d0191488acab8718708080150cc71fb7d))
+* Return empty prerequisites for a flag that fails to evaluate in all_flags_state ([#483](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/483)) ([73e9b07](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/73e9b078043d5dd495288de4860d56211f67fad2))
+
 ## [9.16.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/9.16.0...9.16.1) (2026-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index 8937cf39..7158e427 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=9.16.1
+SDK_VERSION=9.17.0
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/ldclient/version.py b/ldclient/version.py
index 7c778135..948c073d 100644
--- a/ldclient/version.py
+++ b/ldclient/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "9.16.1"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "9.17.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31b753b4..826a5291 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "9.16.1"
+version = "9.17.0"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = [
     {name = "LaunchDarkly", email = "dev@launchdarkly.com"}