diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 47fc53044802..b743cb11f59e 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "core": "25.0.0",
-  "prover": "16.6.0",
+  "prover": "17.0.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/prover/CHANGELOG.md b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
index 83a9e31fbe33..6687b1450ba0 100644
--- a/prover/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [17.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v16.6.0...prover-v17.0.0) (2024-10-31)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* force minor bump for provers release -- v25 ([#3208](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3208))
+
+### Features
+
+* force minor bump for provers release -- v25 ([#3208](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3208)) ([6851e35](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6851e353f01cde5d385403dedb68bcae76d06966))
+
 ## [16.6.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v16.5.0...prover-v16.6.0) (2024-10-31)