diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 326b120..733f11d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.17.0]
+[Compare]: https://github.com/shakacode/cypress-on-rails/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0
 
 ### Changed
 * Removed the update generator and reduced options for install generator [PR 149](https://github.com/shakacode/cypress-on-rails/pull/149)
diff --git a/lib/cypress_on_rails/simple_rails_factory.rb b/lib/cypress_on_rails/simple_rails_factory.rb
index aff5b04..1990f26 100644
--- a/lib/cypress_on_rails/simple_rails_factory.rb
+++ b/lib/cypress_on_rails/simple_rails_factory.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'active_support/core_ext/string'
-
 module CypressOnRails
   module SimpleRailsFactory
     def self.create(type, *params)
diff --git a/lib/cypress_on_rails/version.rb b/lib/cypress_on_rails/version.rb
index a1f4097..08e53a5 100644
--- a/lib/cypress_on_rails/version.rb
+++ b/lib/cypress_on_rails/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module CypressOnRails
-  VERSION = '1.16.0'.freeze
+  VERSION = '1.17.0'.freeze
 end