diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 256c881..7b51ca0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.1"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e651b7..4f73713 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/EndersonPro/flutree/compare/v0.16.1...v0.17.0) (2026-04-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** add --json flag for JSON output in commands and error handling ([3dce97a](https://github.com/EndersonPro/flutree/commit/3dce97aa0bcbde7d2accc13ee6a077b1986f97e5))
+
 ## [0.16.1](https://github.com/EndersonPro/flutree/compare/v0.16.0...v0.16.1) (2026-04-22)
 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2a0970c..c5523bd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.1
+0.17.0