diff --git a/docs/release_notes.md b/docs/release_notes.md
index 101ce2a1..11a911bd 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/release_notes.md
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ about a forthcoming release that has not been tagged yet. A release is only
 official when it's tagged and posted to PyPI.
 :::
 
-## v17.0.0 (unreleased)
+## v17.0.1
+
+- Fixed output file size inflation when using pypdfium as rasterizer and force-ocr
+  mode.
+
+## v17.0.0
 
 **Breaking changes**