diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c4f563..5e90797 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.17.0
+
+- `Surface`/`BufferObject` now take strong references to the underlying `gbm_device`
+  - Fixes a segfault when dropping the `Device` before it's derived objects
+  - Removes `DeviceDestroyedError`, `InvalidDeviceError` and `FdError`
+  - Removes the `device`-argument from `BufferObject::map` and `BufferObject::map_mut`
+
 ## 0.16.1
 
 - `Device`/`Surface`/`BufferObject` are now `Sync`
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f043c88..293b94a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "libgbm bindings for rust"
 license = "MIT"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/gbm"
 repository = "https://github.com/Smithay/gbm.rs"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.17.0"
 keywords = ["wayland", "gbm", "drm", "bindings"]
 categories = ["external-ffi-bindings"]
 authors = ["Victoria Brekenfeld <github@drakulix.de>"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6470e4..d040e0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ provided through the `drm-support` feature.
 Add to your Cargo.toml
 
 ```toml
-gbm = "0.16.1"
+gbm = "0.17.0"
 ```
 
 ## Example
 
 ```rust
-extern crate drm;
-extern crate gbm;
-
 use drm::control::{self, crtc, framebuffer};
 use gbm::{BufferObjectFlags, Device, Format};