diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index 7e31591..ada2b57 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: spectator
-version: 0.9.16
+version: 0.9.17
 description: |
   A feature-rich spec testing framework for Crystal with similarities to RSpec.
 
diff --git a/src/spectator.cr b/src/spectator.cr
index cf6dda3..91254a9 100644
--- a/src/spectator.cr
+++ b/src/spectator.cr
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Spectator
   extend self
 
   # Current version of the Spectator library.
-  VERSION = "0.9.16"
+  VERSION = "0.9.17"
 
   # Top-level describe method.
   # All specs in a file must be wrapped in this call.