diff --git a/tracing-attributes/CHANGELOG.md b/tracing-attributes/CHANGELOG.md
index 903f24d89c..d853ab994d 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tracing-attributes/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 0.1.17 (October 1, 2021)
+
+This release significantly improves performance when `#[instrument]`-generated
+spans are below the maximum enabled level.
+
+### Added
+
+- improve performance when skipping `#[instrument]`-generated spans below the
+  max level ([#1600], [#1605])
+
+Thanks to @oli-obk for contributing to this release!
+
+[#1600]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/pull/1600
+[#1605]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/pull/1605
+
 # 0.1.16 (September 13, 2021)
 
 This release adds a new `#[instrument(skip_all)]` option to skip recording *all*
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/Cargo.toml b/tracing-attributes/Cargo.toml
index 087e1c26f9..9dea8420de 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-attributes/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name = "tracing-attributes"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v0.1.x" git tag.
-version = "0.1.16"
+version = "0.1.17"
 authors = [
     "Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>",
     "Eliza Weisman <eliza@buoyant.io>",
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/README.md b/tracing-attributes/README.md
index bfe781253c..75935a1426 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/README.md
+++ b/tracing-attributes/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Macro attributes for application-level tracing.
 [crates-badge]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tracing-attributes.svg
 [crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing-attributes
 [docs-badge]: https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/badge.svg
-[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/0.1.16
+[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/0.1.17
 [docs-master-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-master-blue
 [docs-master-url]: https://tracing-rs.netlify.com/tracing_attributes
 [mit-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ First, add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tracing-attributes = "0.1.16"
+tracing-attributes = "0.1.17"
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs b/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
index 68fb2b75c0..cf09804585 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
-//! tracing-attributes = "0.1.16"
+//! tracing-attributes = "0.1.17"
 //! ```
 //!
 //! The [`#[instrument]`][instrument] attribute can now be added to a function
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 //! supported compiler version is not considered a semver breaking change as
 //! long as doing so complies with this policy.
 //!
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/0.1.16")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/0.1.17")]
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tokio-rs/tracing/master/assets/logo-type.png",
     issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/"