diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4c302e984..57903c681 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.15.6
+current_version = 3.17.0-rc1
 tag_name = {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/contrib/aleph-traefik-minio-keycloak/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/aleph-traefik-minio-keycloak/docker-compose.yml
index 71a22d90b..598819816 100644
--- a/contrib/aleph-traefik-minio-keycloak/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/aleph-traefik-minio-keycloak/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.enable=false"
 
   worker:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: aleph worker
     restart: on-failure
     links:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.enable=false"
 
   shell:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: /bin/bash
     depends_on:
       - postgres
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.enable=false"
 
   api:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: gunicorn -w 6 -b 0.0.0.0:8000 --log-level debug --log-file - aleph.wsgi:app
     expose:
       - 8000
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.enable=false"
 
   ui:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-ui-production:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-ui-production:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     depends_on:
       - api
       - traefik
diff --git a/contrib/keycloak/docker-compose.dev-keycloak.yml b/contrib/keycloak/docker-compose.dev-keycloak.yml
index b47dc81b2..dd509a7be 100644
--- a/contrib/keycloak/docker-compose.dev-keycloak.yml
+++ b/contrib/keycloak/docker-compose.dev-keycloak.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
   elasticsearch:
     build:
       context: services/elasticsearch
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-elasticsearch:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-elasticsearch:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     hostname: elasticsearch
     environment:
       - discovery.type=single-node
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ services:
   app:
     build:
       context: .
-    image: alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     hostname: aleph
     command: /bin/bash
     links:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ services:
   api:
     build:
       context: .
-    image: alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: aleph run -h 0.0.0.0 -p 5000 --with-threads --reload --debugger
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:5000:5000"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ services:
   ui:
     build:
       context: ui
-    image: alephdata/aleph-ui:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: alephdata/aleph-ui:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     links:
       - api
     command: npm run start
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b9b913820..343336924 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       - aleph.env
 
   worker:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: aleph worker
     restart: on-failure
     depends_on:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ services:
       - aleph.env
 
   shell:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     command: /bin/bash
     depends_on:
       - postgres
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ services:
       - aleph.env
 
   api:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     expose:
       - 8000
     depends_on:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ services:
       - aleph.env
 
   ui:
-    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-ui-production:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.15.6}
+    image: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph-ui-production:${ALEPH_TAG:-3.17.0-rc1}
     depends_on:
       - api
     ports:
diff --git a/helm/charts/aleph/Chart.yaml b/helm/charts/aleph/Chart.yaml
index 0dc90a2e9..f116b5be8 100644
--- a/helm/charts/aleph/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/aleph/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: aleph
 description: Helm chart for Aleph
 type: application
-version: 3.15.6
-appVersion: 3.15.6
+version: 3.17.0-rc1
+appVersion: 3.17.0-rc1
 
diff --git a/helm/charts/aleph/README.md b/helm/charts/aleph/README.md
index f979ab836..e54491c71 100644
--- a/helm/charts/aleph/README.md
+++ b/helm/charts/aleph/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Helm chart for Aleph
 | global.amazon | bool | `true` | Are we using AWS services like s3? |
 | global.google | bool | `false` | Are we using GCE services like storage, vision api? |
 | global.image.repository | string | `"alephdata/aleph"` | Aleph docker image repo |
-| global.image.tag | string | `"3.15.6"` | Aleph docker image tag |
+| global.image.tag | string | `"3.17.0-rc1"` | Aleph docker image tag |
 | global.image.tag | string | `"Always"` |  |
 | global.namingPrefix | string | `"aleph"` | Prefix for the names of k8s resources |
 
diff --git a/helm/charts/aleph/values.yaml b/helm/charts/aleph/values.yaml
index f1499a2d5..c68722cbf 100644
--- a/helm/charts/aleph/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/aleph/values.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ global:
 
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/alephdata/aleph
-    tag: "3.15.6"
+    tag: "3.17.0-rc1"
     pullPolicy: Always
 
   commonEnv:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 714699feb..914e73584 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="aleph",
-    version="3.15.6",
+    version="3.17.0-rc1",
     description="Document sifting web frontend",
     classifiers=[
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index b91ea1cd8..6343ad56e 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aleph-ui",
-  "version": "3.15.6",
+  "version": "3.17.0-rc1",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@alephdata/followthemoney": "^3.5.5",