diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aeed9307c..124f702d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ string(CONCAT ddesc "An object-oriented component library supporting radiation t
 project(
   Draco
   DESCRIPTION ${ddesc}
-  VERSION 7.16.0
+  VERSION 7.17.0
   LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 # Export compile commands for compiler tools
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6bfcec4a8..e76f05405 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2023-10-23 Mathew Cleveland <cleveland@lanl.gov>
+	* Draco has been updated to version 7_17_0 and is tied to the release
+	  of Jayenne-8_16_0 and capsaicin/dert-1_0_0
+        - https://re-git.lanl.gov/draco/draco/-/milestones/7
+        - https://re-git.lanl.gov/jayenne/jayenne/-/milestones/29
+        - https://re-git.lanl.gov/capsaicin/dert/-/milestones/
+
+  Draco-7_17_0, build date 2023 Oct 23, build type: Debug, DBC: 7, DRACO_DIAGNOSTICS: 0
+
+  CCS-2 Draco Team: Kelly G. Thompson, Matt A. Cleveland, Ryan T. Wollaeger, Ben R. Ryan, 
+      Alex R. Long, Kendra P. Long, James S. Warsa, Jae H. Chang, Jeff R. Haack, and Daniel Holladay.
+ 
+   Prior Contributors: Kent G. Budge, Gabriel M. Rockefeller, Allan B. Wollaber, Tim Kelley, 
+      Rob B. Lowrie, Paul W. Talbot, Katherine J. Wang, Andrew T. Till, Ondrej Certik, Peter Ahrens, 
+      Massimiliano Rosa, David A. Dixon, Howard Pritchard, Todd J. Urbatsch, Jeff D. Densmore, 
+      Jeff Furnish, John McGhee, Kris C. Garrett, Mike Buksas, Nick Myers, Paul Henning, 
+      Randy Roberts, Seth Johnson, Todd Adams, Tom Evans, Lori Pritchett-Sheats, and Seth D. Cook.
+   
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Triad National Security, LLC. (C19028, LA-CC-16-016),
+        Released under a 3-Clause BSD License
+
+   For information, send e-mail to draco@lanl.gov.	
+
 2023-08-21 Mathew Cleveland <cleveland@lanl.gov>
 	* Draco has been updated to version 7_16_0 and is tied to the release
 	of Jayenne-8_15_0
diff --git a/src/ds++/Release.cc b/src/ds++/Release.cc
index 2310d1be8..43ec557eb 100644
--- a/src/ds++/Release.cc
+++ b/src/ds++/Release.cc
@@ -99,35 +99,35 @@ const std::string author_list(bool const use_doxygen_formatting) {
 
   mmdevs current_developers;
   // not totally fair... KT got credit for LOC when svn repository was converted to git.
-  current_developers.insert(fomdev(169484, "Kelly G. Thompson"));
-  current_developers.insert(fomdev(17600, "Matt A. Cleveland"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(169200, "Kelly G. Thompson"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(17634, "Matt A. Cleveland"));
   current_developers.insert(fomdev(8229, "Ryan T. Wollaeger"));
-  current_developers.insert(fomdev(4840, "Ben R. Ryan"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(4826, "Ben R. Ryan"));
   current_developers.insert(fomdev(3063, "Alex R. Long"));
-  current_developers.insert(fomdev(1903, "Kendra P. Long"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(2073, "Kendra P. Long"));
   current_developers.insert(fomdev(1259, "James S. Warsa"));
   current_developers.insert(fomdev(358, "Jae H. Chang"));
-  current_developers.insert(fomdev(74, "Jeff R. Haack"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(77, "Jeff R. Haack"));
+  current_developers.insert(fomdev(6, "Daniel Holladay"));
 
   mmdevs prior_developers;
 
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(22116, "Kent G. Budge"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(3551, "Gabriel M. Rockefeller"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(22108, "Kent G. Budge"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(3550, "Gabriel M. Rockefeller"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1682, "Allan B. Wollaber"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(593, "Tim Kelley"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(394, "Rob B. Lowrie"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(282, "Paul W. Talbot"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(166, "Katherine J. Wang"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(144, "Andrew T. Till"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(143, "Andrew T. Till"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(90, "Ondrej Certik"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(63, "Peter Ahrens"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(15, "David A. Dixon"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(7, "David A. Dixon"));
 
   // Previous authors with no current LOC attribution (less than 10):
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(9, "Massimiliano Rosa"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(7, "Todd J. Urbatsch"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(6, "Daniel Holladay"));
-  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(4, "Howard Pritchard"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1, "Howard Pritchard"));
+  prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1, "Todd J. Urbatsch"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1, "Jeff D. Densmore"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1, "Jeff Furnish"));
   prior_developers.insert(fomdev(1, "John McGhee"));