diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b08429..5988233 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.17.7 (2026-05-08)
+
+### Sync release — no functional libfreemkv changes
+
+Version bump to keep the four freemkv crates at unified versioning.
+autorip shipped UI smoothness + audit fixes today (v0.17.6, v0.17.7);
+libfreemkv carries no code changes, but is bumped + republished to
+crates.io so downstream `libfreemkv = "0.17"` consumers stay aligned
+on the latest patch version. See autorip CHANGELOG for the
+user-visible work in this release window.
+
 ## 0.17.5 (2026-05-08)
 
 ### Pass N recovery — kernel block-device fallback + per-range fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ac6e6d1..16394fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libfreemkv"
-version = "0.17.5"
+version = "0.17.7"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.86"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-only"