diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fe5a394f..24119ee45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 # Required
 name = "oracle_ads" # the install (PyPI) name; name for local build in [tool.flit.module] section below
-version = "2.13.16"
+version = "2.13.17rc0"
 
 # Optional
 description = "Oracle Accelerated Data Science SDK"