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 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(Rec VERSION 36.16
+project(Rec VERSION 36.17
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v36r17.md b/ReleaseNotes/v36r17.md
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+2024-11-14 Rec v36r17
+===
+
+This version uses
+Lbcom [v35r17](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v35r17),
+LHCb [v55r17](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v55r17),
+Detector [v1r36](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v1r36),
+Gaudi [v38r1p1](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v38r1p1) and
+LCG [105a](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/105a/) with ROOT 6.30.04.
+
+This version is released on the `2024-patches` branch.
+Built relative to Rec [v36r16](/../../tags/v36r16), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+- ~Functors | Fix #563: address bug in MapAnyOf, !4128 (@graven) [#563]
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+
+### Other
+
+- Update References for: LHCb!4750, LHCb!4729 based on lhcb-2024-patches-mr/1828, !4134 (@lhcbsoft)