diff --git a/SPECS/gnome-desktop3.spec b/SPECS/gnome-desktop3.spec
index 92db494..dac1d2a 100644
--- a/SPECS/gnome-desktop3.spec
+++ b/SPECS/gnome-desktop3.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## (rpmautospec version 0.6.5)
 ## RPMAUTOSPEC: autorelease, autochangelog
 %define autorelease(e:s:pb:n) %{?-p:0.}%{lua:
-    release_number = 16;
+    release_number = 17;
     base_release_number = tonumber(rpm.expand("%{?-b*}%{!?-b:1}"));
     print(release_number + base_release_number - 1);
 }%{?-e:.%{-e*}}%{?-s:.%{-s*}}%{!?-n:%{?dist}}
@@ -190,10 +190,13 @@ cat %SOURCE5 >> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-mimeapps.list
 %{_datadir}/installed-tests
 
 %changelog
+## START: Generated by rpmautospec
+* Tue Oct 29 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 44.0-17
+- Bump release for October 2024 mass rebuild:
+
 * Fri Oct 25 2024 MSVSphere Packaging Team <packager@msvsphere-os.ru> - 44.0-16
 - Rebuilt for MSVSphere 10
 
-## START: Generated by rpmautospec
 * Wed Jul 10 2024 Tomas Popela <tpopela@redhat.com> - 44.0-16
 - Convert subpackages to SPDX license format