diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 46337d5b..8549abd1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "src/api": "1.16.24",
+  "src/api": "1.17.0",
   "src/developer": "2.6.19",
   "src/explorer": "2.4.16"
 }
diff --git a/src/api/CHANGELOG.md b/src/api/CHANGELOG.md
index 8985dc15..edda861b 100644
--- a/src/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.17.0](https://github.com/agrc/api.mapserv.utah.gov/compare/api-v1.16.24...api-v1.17.0) (2025-01-01)
+
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+* **api:** improve caching and place name matching ([#451](https://github.com/agrc/api.mapserv.utah.gov/issues/451)) ([1e6dabd](https://github.com/agrc/api.mapserv.utah.gov/commit/1e6dabd43adde3feb25ffd4f1fca493860687827))
+
+
+### 🌲 Dependencies
+
+* bump the safe-dependencies group across 3 directories with 4 updates ([b6504a3](https://github.com/agrc/api.mapserv.utah.gov/commit/b6504a387bd90a54f367e51f77af50faf2b2cd5a))
+
 ## [1.16.24](https://github.com/agrc/api.mapserv.utah.gov/compare/api-v1.16.23...api-v1.16.24) (2024-12-17)