diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Type: Package
 Package: modelbased
 Title: Estimation of Model-Based Predictions, Contrasts and Means
-Version: 0.16.0.17
+Version: 0.17.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Dominique",
              family = "Makowski",
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-# modelbased (devel)
+# modelbased 0.17.0
 
 ## Breaking Changes