diff --git a/site/_docs/history.md b/site/_docs/history.md
index e9887ec..eb3311c 100644
--- a/site/_docs/history.md
+++ b/site/_docs/history.md
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
 [downloads page]({{ site.baseurl }}/downloads/avatica.html).
 
 
-## <a href="https://github.com/apache/calcite-avatica/releases/tag/rel/avatica-1.17.0">1.17.0</a> / 2020-06-XX
+## <a href="https://github.com/apache/calcite-avatica/releases/tag/rel/avatica-1.17.0">1.17.0</a> / 2020-06-22
 {: #v1-17-0}
 
 Apache Calcite Avatica 1.17.0 is a small release incorporating a few dependency upgrades and minor fixes.
 
 Compatibility: This release is tested
 on Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows;
-using Oracle JDK 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
+using Oracle JDK 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
 using IBM Java 8;
-Guava versions 14.0 to 23.0;
+Guava versions 14.0 to 29.0;
 other software versions as specified in `gradle.properties`.
 
 Features and bug fixes
diff --git a/site/_posts/2020-06-22-release-1.17.0.md b/site/_posts/2020-06-22-release-1.17.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d184dd2
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+++ b/site/_posts/2020-06-22-release-1.17.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+layout: news_item
+date: "2020-06-22 08:30:00 +0000"
+author: francischuang
+version: 1.17.0
+categories: [release]
+tag: v1-17-0
+sha: d56fcd0
+component: avatica
+---
+<!--
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+
+Apache Calcite Avatica 1.17.0 is a small routine release that includes a few
+dependency updates and bug fixes. Of particular note is a fix to resolve a
+multilingual decoding issue that parses Chinese characters as gibberish.
+This release has also been tested with JDK 14 and Guava 29. See the list of
+[bug fixes and new features]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/history.html#v1-17-0)
+for more information.