diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a90080a457..4e9de56ce5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "azure_messaging_eventhubs"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-lock",
  "async-stream",
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/CHANGELOG.md
index a9fe22030d..2441b20db4 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 0.17.0 (Unreleased)
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2026-09-08)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/Cargo.toml b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/Cargo.toml
index d12998823a..75bd585159 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "azure_messaging_eventhubs"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "Rust client for Azure Eventhubs Service"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors.workspace = true
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs_checkpointstore_blob/Cargo.toml b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs_checkpointstore_blob/Cargo.toml
index 8891972ba9..ab8ad251e1 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs_checkpointstore_blob/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure_messaging_eventhubs_checkpointstore_blob/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 async-trait.workspace = true
 azure_core = { path = "../../core/azure_core", version = "1.2.0-beta.1", default-features = false }
-azure_messaging_eventhubs = { path = "../azure_messaging_eventhubs", version = "0.16.0" }
+azure_messaging_eventhubs = { path = "../azure_messaging_eventhubs", version = "0.17.0" }
 # Unreleased: must resolve the same azure_core as azure_messaging_eventhubs, which
 # needs AmqpTransport (issue #3601). The registry build of azure_storage_blob pins
 # the previous azure_core, which puts two copies of the crate in the graph.