diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 39d70928..441090ff 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.17.0
+current_version = 0.17.1
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>(a|na))+(?P<build>\d+))?
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}{release}{build}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-production.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-production.yml
index 89140abc..cb8c3ec3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-production.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: create package
       run: python -m build --sdist
     - name: import open-mastr
-      run: python -m pip install ./dist/open_mastr-0.17.0.tar.gz
+      run: python -m pip install ./dist/open_mastr-0.17.1.tar.gz
     - name: Create credentials file
       env:
         MASTR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MASTR_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7030013b..4a9703b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ For each version important additions, changes and removals are listed here.
 The format is inspired from [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and the versioning aims to respect [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [v0.xx.x] Unreleased - 202x-xx-xx
-### Added
-
+## [v0.17.1] Hotfix - 2026-04-13
 ### Changed
 - Fix broken `Mastr.to_csv` function by removing stray `**kwargs`
   [#736](https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/open-MaStR/pull/736)
 
-### Removed
-
 
 ## [v0.17.0] Full download via SOAP API deprecation and interactive download functionality - 2026-04-02
 ### Added
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2a59b914..7092bcba 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ authors:
     affiliation: "Technical University of Munich"
   - family-names: 'Krämer'
     given-names: "Kevin"
-    alias: "pt-kkraemer"
-    affiliation: "ProjectTogether gGmbH"  
+    alias: "@pt-kkraemer"
+    affiliation: "ProjectTogether gGmbH"
+  - family-names: 'Will'
+    given-names: "Simon"
+    alias: "@Simon-Will"
+    affiliation: ""
 title: "open-MaStR"
 type: software
 license: AGPL-3.0
-version: 0.17.0
+version: 0.17.1
 doi: 
-date-released: 2026-04-02
+date-released: 2026-04-13
 url: "https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/open-MaStR/"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5550d09..aa511f08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "open_mastr"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.17.1"
 dependencies = [
   "pandas>=2.2.2",
   "numpy",
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ open_mastr = [
 include = ["open_mastr", "open_mastr.soap_api", "open_mastr.soap_api.metadata", "open_mastr.utils", "open_mastr.utils.config", "open_mastr.xml_download"] # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
 
 # from setup.py - not yet included in here
-# download_url="https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/open-MaStR/archive""/refs/tags/v0.17.0.tar.gz",
+# download_url="https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/open-MaStR/archive""/refs/tags/v0.17.1.tar.gz",