diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 20b5a46..a0b2e4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+# 0.1.17 - 2024-07-30
+- Ignore unknown fields in JSON decoding
+
 # 0.1.16 - 2024-07-09
 - Support requests in camel case
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 647fa19..26a5b99 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    grpc-rest (0.1.16)
+    grpc-rest (0.1.17)
       grpc
       rails (>= 6.0)
 
diff --git a/lib/grpc_rest.rb b/lib/grpc_rest.rb
index 6cc97c1..503ebd6 100644
--- a/lib/grpc_rest.rb
+++ b/lib/grpc_rest.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def map_proto_type(proto, params)
 
     def init_request(request_class, params)
       map_proto_type(request_class.descriptor, params)
-      request_class.decode_json(JSON.generate(params))
+      request_class.decode_json(JSON.generate(params), ignore_unknown_fields: true)
     end
 
     def assign_params(request, param_hash, body_string, params)
diff --git a/lib/grpc_rest/version.rb b/lib/grpc_rest/version.rb
index f4ead73..1de6896 100644
--- a/lib/grpc_rest/version.rb
+++ b/lib/grpc_rest/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module GrpcRest
-  VERSION = '0.1.16'
+  VERSION = '0.1.17'
 end