diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18d1037ad..c39fe8939 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.17.6](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.17.5...v2.17.6) (2022-01-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use npm8 and package-lock v2 ([#186](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/issues/186)) ([6b1122c](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/commit/6b1122c5318c304454414dcd9cafb9b151c5b51a))
+
 ## [2.17.5](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.17.4...v2.17.5) (2021-12-17)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2981c6070..57fd4610c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.17.5",
+  "version": "2.17.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-      "version": "2.17.5",
+      "version": "2.17.6",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/file-type": "~5.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 425c061cd..f307e679e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.17.5",
+  "version": "2.17.6",
   "description": "Core functionality to support SDKs generated with IBM's OpenAPI SDK Generator.",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "module": "./es/index.js",
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@
     "coverageDirectory": "./coverage/",
     "testEnvironment": "node"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}