diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index 438730322..37443be8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
   # Changes per repo
   PRODUCT_NAME: PyMongo
   # Changes per branch
-  EVERGREEN_PROJECT: mongo-python-driver
+  EVERGREEN_PROJECT: mongo-python-driver-release
   # Constant
   # inputs will be empty on a scheduled run.  so, we only set dry_run
   # to 'false' when the input is set to 'false'.
diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index 9e4363eed..9a17b3013 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
 
-__version__ = "4.17.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "4.17.0"
 
 
 def get_version_tuple(version: str) -> Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]: