diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index d70b4e8ab..6adfe5346 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.117.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨  Allow `None` as return type for bodiless responses. PR [#9425](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/9425) by [@hofrob](https://github.com/hofrob).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 9342f1add..d51e727d2 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.116.2"
+__version__ = "0.117.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status