diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bc7e4aa..7b51ca0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.0"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c3a0f5..208e54c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0) (2024-07-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for context var index ([#111](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/issues/111)) ([5f1d213](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/commit/5f1d2135d79e2681ccf8f8016ac308d00544a004))
+* merge filters and indexes ([#113](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/issues/113)) ([ab652ff](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/commit/ab652ffa4b4b6c1ce6a36e373f1bde537813990b))
+
 ## [0.16.0](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0) (2024-06-25)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 68d7191..3bd5878 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@rudderstack/json-template-engine",
-  "version": "0.16.0",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@rudderstack/json-template-engine",
-      "version": "0.16.0",
+      "version": "0.17.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.19.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72c1a8b..47132c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rudderstack/json-template-engine",
-  "version": "0.16.0",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-json-template-engine",
   "description": "A library for evaluating JSON template expressions.",
   "main": "build/index.js",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 03d4baf..9b10c35 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ engine.evaluate({ name: 'World' }); // => 'Hello World'
 ### Use CDN URL directly in the browser
 Latest URL: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rudderstack/json-template-engine/build/json-template.min.js
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-Versioned URL: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rudderstack/json-template-engine@0.16.0/build/json-template.min.js 
+Versioned URL: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rudderstack/json-template-engine@0.17.0/build/json-template.min.js 
 
 ```html
 <script type="module">
-      import { JsonTemplateEngine } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rudderstack/json-template-engine@0.16.0/build/json-template.min.js';
+      import { JsonTemplateEngine } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rudderstack/json-template-engine@0.17.0/build/json-template.min.js';
       const engine = JsonTemplateEngine.createAsSync(`'Hello ' + .name`);
       engine.evaluate({ name: 'World' });
 </script>