diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe3e400a..68b092ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -278,4 +278,3 @@
   * updated centos to latest version
   * renamed centos -> centos-current
 
-
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-0.17.1.md b/RELEASE-NOTES-0.17.1.md
index b6e88942..359394f5 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-0.17.1.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-0.17.1.md
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 
 ## BUGFIXES
 
-* 
+* [dist] VM templates: improvments for serial console
+* [cli] setup:
+
+- add user to group `kvm` if exists 
+  - fixes permission problems on debian
+- backup `/etc/group` before configuring libvirt
 * [cli] return rc > 0 if `kanku up` fails
 * [core][fix] improvements for Kanku::Config::Defaults
 
diff --git a/dist/debian.changelog b/dist/debian.changelog
index 8bca1987..58d546e7 100644
--- a/dist/debian.changelog
+++ b/dist/debian.changelog
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ kanku (0.6.4-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * generated OBS deb build
 
- -- Frank Schreiner <fschreiner@suse.de>  Mon, 25 Dec 2007 10:50:38 +0100
+ -- Frank Schreiner <fschreiner@suse.de>  Mon, 25 Dec 2007 10:50:38 +0100
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diff --git a/dist/kanku.changes b/dist/kanku.changes
index 0199681b..2fdf7559 100644
--- a/dist/kanku.changes
+++ b/dist/kanku.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,68 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Thu May 16 05:55:14 UTC 2024 - Frank Schreiner <fschreiner@suse.de>
+
+ - Update to version 0.17.1:
+   * FEATURES
+     * [setup] [Closes: #44](https://github.com/M0ses/kanku/issues/44) Write systemd network config
+     * [cli] add option `--pseudo_terminal` to the `ssh` command
+     * [cli] Feature: print randomized passwords at the end of `kanku up`
+     * [handler] CreateDomain: new option 'no_wait_for_bootloader'
+     * [examples] add KankuFile.openSUSE-Leap-15.5-official + Signature
+     * [examples] add KankuFile.openSUSE-Tumbleweed-sdboot + Signature
+     * [templates] new VM template: vm-x86_64-uefi-tpm2.0.tt2
+     * [templates] init.tt2: add Kanku::Handler::CopyProfile
+     * [doc] enhance CONTRIBUTING.md
+     * [core] made Kanku::Config::Defaults "setup" ready
+       
+       - add defaults for
+         - Kanku::Setup::Devel
+           - Kanku::Setup::Server::Distributed
+           - Kanku::Setup::Server::Standalone
+   * BUGFIXES
+     * [dist] VM templates: improvments for serial console
+     * [cli] setup:
+       
+       - add user to group `kvm` if exists 
+         - fixes permission problems on debian
+       - backup `/etc/group` before configuring libvirt
+     * [cli] return rc > 0 if `kanku up` fails
+     * [core][fix] improvements for Kanku::Config::Defaults
+       
+       - Better handling if empty defaults
+       - merge default settings with configured settings instead of overwriting defaults
+     * [setup] use libvirt network name as  bridge name
+     * [util] VM: log domain XML only on error
+     * [util] CurlHttpDownload: create cache_dir before download if dir not exists
+     * [dist] change Net::OBS::Client version to 0.1.3
+     * [templates] cleanup existing VM templates
+     * [dist] added templates to install in Makefile
+     * [core] cleanup cpio api leftovers
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Thu May 16 05:55:14 UTC 2024 - Frank Schreiner <fschreiner@suse.de>
+
+ - Update to version 0.17.0:
+   * FEATURES
+     * [dist] new package 'kanku-iptables' (Store and restore kanku iptables rules)
+     * [dist] added x-scheme-handler kankus://
+     * [core] configurable SigAuth for http(s) dependent libraries, e.g.:
+       - `Kanku::Handler::OBSCheck`
+       - `Kanku::Handler::ImageDownload`
+       - `Kanku::Util::CurlHttpDownload`
+     * [dist] improvments for rpm/debian packages
+     * [test] updated libraries in base check
+     * [dist] new kanku job 'test' to create a vm running kanku test suite
+     * [handler] removed obsolete OpenStack handler and modules
+     * [handler] OBSCheck: setter for api_url for later use
+     * [handler] removed deprecated K::H::OBSDownload
+     * [templates] examples for Net::OBS::Client authentication
+     * [util] deleted Kanku::Util::HTTPMirror
+   * BUGFIXES
+     * [handler] fix skip_all_checks in OBSCheck
+     * [util] DoD: fixed auth problem
+     * [dist] fix mkdir for system-user-kankurun.conf
+     * [dist] more fixes for spec
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
  Fri May 03 15:18:35 UTC 2024 - Frank Schreiner <fschreiner@suse.de>
 
@@ -371,3 +436,4 @@ Thu Jan 14 14:54:38 UTC 2021 - Frank Schreiner <FSchreiner@suse.com>
 
 - initial version of kanku rpm package (0.10.0) 
 
+