diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index a8a65fdc0..25c5bb195 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <author>Apache Commons Developers</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.17.1" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="Feature and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 8.">
+      <!-- FIX -->
+      <!-- ADD -->
+      <!-- UPDATE -->
+    </release>
     <release version="1.17.0" date="2024-04-20" description="Feature and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 8.">
       <!-- FIX -->
       <action type="fix" issue="CODEC-320" dev="ggregory" due-to="Martin Frydl, Gary Gregory">Wrong output of DoubleMetaphone in 1.16.1.</action>
