diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19d27db8a..a0142bd3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 5.17.1 -->
-## [v5.17.1](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.17.1) (2022-05-18)
+<!-- latest_release 5.17.2 -->
+## [v5.17.2](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v5.17.2) (2022-05-23)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- UNIT_TESTS: update yaml reporter test for Ruby 3+ [#6040](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6040) ([marijus-ravickas](https://github.com/marijus-ravickas))
+- fixing bad markdown syntax [#6066](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6066) ([replicajune](https://github.com/replicajune))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=5.14.0 -->
 ### Changes since 5.14.0 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- fixing bad markdown syntax [#6066](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6066) ([replicajune](https://github.com/replicajune)) <!-- 5.17.2 -->
 - UNIT_TESTS: update yaml reporter test for Ruby 3+ [#6040](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6040) ([marijus-ravickas](https://github.com/marijus-ravickas)) <!-- 5.17.1 -->
 - CFINSPEC-81: Add `php_config` resource [#6010](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/6010) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos)) <!-- 5.17.0 -->
 - CFINSPEC-92: Enhance `processes` resource [#5991](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5991) ([ahasunos](https://github.com/ahasunos)) <!-- 5.16.2 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e3d2991b5..c30652c98 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.17.1
\ No newline at end of file
+5.17.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index d6746fa6f..6f72525b6 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "5.17.1".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.17.2".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 031e16393..3a53573e6 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "5.17.1".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.17.2".freeze
 end