diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a291a1f..c2615d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.17.2] - 2021-06-06
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Free unique lock when task is deleted (https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/issues/275).
+
 ## [0.17.1] - 2021-04-04
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/internal/base/base.go b/internal/base/base.go
index f82b14e..6740331 100644
--- a/internal/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/base/base.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version of asynq library and CLI.
-const Version = "0.17.1"
+const Version = "0.17.2"
 
 // DefaultQueueName is the queue name used if none are specified by user.
 const DefaultQueueName = "default"