From 85ee8d21ea62a2f1f741b85f782f42077fb52619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Karampudi <142544288+vkarampudi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:28:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update version.py

---
 ml_metadata/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ml_metadata/version.py b/ml_metadata/version.py
index b238af76d..69e315c28 100644
--- a/ml_metadata/version.py
+++ b/ml_metadata/version.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 """Contains the version string of ML Metadata."""
 
 # Note that setup.py uses this version.
-__version__ = '1.17.0.dev'
+__version__ = '1.18.0.dev'

From 58b18b80b5a586706845b97fd177d6a6f1cf4a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Karampudi <142544288+vkarampudi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:29:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update RELEASE.md

---
 RELEASE.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 2920efca3..cf5e41f45 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixed and Other Changes
 
+# Version 1.16.0
+
+## Major Features and Improvements
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Deprecations
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Bug Fixed and Other Changes
+
 *   Depends on `protobuf>=4.25.2,<5` for Python 3.11 and on `protobuf>4.21.6,<5`
     for 3.9 and 3.10.
 

From 0a6349024769e841d010773b06b258c8351d085d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Karampudi <142544288+vkarampudi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:55:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update RELEASE.md

---
 RELEASE.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index cf5e41f45..a8455184c 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixed and Other Changes
 
-# Version 1.16.0
+# Version 1.17.0
 
 ## Major Features and Improvements