diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 884e9604b..44e33a411 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17.3
+0.17.4
diff --git a/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt b/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
index bfa02c6c2..81d0ae189 100644
--- a/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
+++ b/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 qutip~=4.7.5
 # This is needed until qutip fixes the incompatibility with scipy 1.12
-scipy
\ No newline at end of file
+scipy<1.13