diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a6dd6cd48d..b0b38f9c56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ jobs:
       GOARCH: amd64
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: ${{ matrix.java }}
-      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.16.5
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.17.0-rc.2
-      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.16.5/install/install.sh
+      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.17.0-rc.2
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.17.0-rc.6
+      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.17.0-rc.2/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
       DAPR_REF:
       TOXIPROXY_URL: https://github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy/releases/download/v2.5.0/toxiproxy-server-linux-amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index b2514209cc..26a881ae1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jobs:
       GOARCH: amd64
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: ${{ matrix.java }}
-      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.16.5
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.17.0-rc.2
-      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.16.5/install/install.sh
+      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.17.0-rc.2
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.17.0-rc.6
+      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.17.0-rc.2/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
       DAPR_REF:
     steps:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 241ca0f98d..0e62c3bc1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
-    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.17.0-rc.2/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
+    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.17.0-rc.6/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
     <durabletask.proto.url>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/durabletask-protobuf/main/protos/orchestrator_service.proto</durabletask.proto.url>
     <dapr.sdk.version>1.18.0-SNAPSHOT</dapr.sdk.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/sdk-tests/components/pubsub.yaml b/sdk-tests/components/pubsub.yaml
index 6047d735f2..9504edfdf5 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/components/pubsub.yaml
+++ b/sdk-tests/components/pubsub.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ spec:
     value: localhost:6379
   - name: redisPassword
     value: ""
+  - name: processingTimeout
+    value: "100ms"
+  - name: redeliverInterval
+    value: "100ms"
diff --git a/sdk-tests/components/resiliency.yaml b/sdk-tests/components/resiliency.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08ce7af32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-tests/components/resiliency.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Resiliency
+metadata:
+  name: resiliency-messagebus
+spec:
+  policies:
+    retries:
+      pubsubRetry:
+        policy: constant
+        duration: 5ms
+        maxRetries: -1
+  targets:
+    components:
+      messagebus:
+        inbound:
+          retry: pubsubRetry
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/spring/data/MySQLDaprKeyValueTemplateIT.java b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/spring/data/MySQLDaprKeyValueTemplateIT.java
index b571dbd12a..e4397d496d 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/spring/data/MySQLDaprKeyValueTemplateIT.java
+++ b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/spring/data/MySQLDaprKeyValueTemplateIT.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = TestDaprSpringDataConfiguration.class)
 @Testcontainers
 @Tag("testcontainers")
-@Disabled("MySQL is broken in 1.17.0-rc.2, waiting for new dapr version")
 public class MySQLDaprKeyValueTemplateIT {
   private static final String STATE_STORE_DSN = "mysql:password@tcp(mysql:3306)/";
   private static final String BINDING_DSN = "mysql:password@tcp(mysql:3306)/dapr_db";
diff --git a/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md b/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
index 29625a6581..3cd9440b5e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Once you have the cluster up and running you can install Dapr:
 helm repo add dapr https://dapr.github.io/helm-charts/
 helm repo update
 helm upgrade --install dapr dapr/dapr \
---version=1.17.0-rc.2 \
+--version=1.17.0-rc.6 \
 --namespace dapr-system \
 --create-namespace \
 --wait
diff --git a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
index e94714e0a6..4e6dc26988 100644
--- a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
+++ b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 package io.dapr.testcontainers;
 
 public interface DaprContainerConstants {
-  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.17.0-rc.2";
+  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.17.0-rc.6";
   String DAPR_WORKFLOWS_DASHBOARD_VERSION = "0.0.1";
   String DAPR_RUNTIME_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/daprd:" + DAPR_VERSION;
   String DAPR_PLACEMENT_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/placement:" + DAPR_VERSION;