diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 740bdfa7a..085f3c522 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "org_tensorflow",
-    strip_prefix = "tensorflow-9d2929b69fdddc1e8d5de70a706556b15d8ed37b",
-    sha256 = "a4f965340ea11d49c8897df59a24822c2b367e4cebb5908b7ca8c3b607097af9",
+    strip_prefix = "tensorflow-2.17.0-rc0",
+    sha256 = "5f1821b0119c723bd422af0977bb5855bf49e128537a3f490117578126fa1ab1",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/9d2929b69fdddc1e8d5de70a706556b15d8ed37b.zip"
+        "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/v2.17.0-rc0.zip"
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/oss_scripts/configure.sh b/oss_scripts/configure.sh
index 7ad642449..6a3453ea5 100755
--- a/oss_scripts/configure.sh
+++ b/oss_scripts/configure.sh
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ else
     if [[ x"$(arch)" == x"arm64" ]]; then
       pip install tensorflow-macos==2.16.1
     else
-      pip install tensorflow==2.16.1
+      pip install tensorflow==2.17.0rc0
     fi
   else
-    pip install tensorflow==2.16.1
+    pip install tensorflow==2.17.0rc0
   fi
 fi
 
 # Copy the current bazelversion of TF.
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/master/.bazelversion -o .bazelversion
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/r2.17/.bazelversion -o .bazelversion
 
 # Copy the building configuration of TF.
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/master/.bazelrc -o .bazelrc
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/r2.17/.bazelrc -o .bazelrc
 # This line breaks Windows builds, so we remove it.
 sed -i -e 's/build --noincompatible_remove_legacy_whole_archive//' .bazelrc
 
diff --git a/oss_scripts/pip_package/setup.py b/oss_scripts/pip_package/setup.py
index fb4e8aecd..27511f9e2 100644
--- a/oss_scripts/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/oss_scripts/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from setuptools.dist import Distribution
 
 project_name = 'tensorflow-text'
-project_version = '2.16.1'
+project_version = '2.17.0-rc0'
 
 
 class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
diff --git a/tensorflow_text/__init__.py b/tensorflow_text/__init__.py
index 5b0777fc0..2a5a539ba 100644
--- a/tensorflow_text/__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow_text/__init__.py
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@
 ]
 
 remove_undocumented(__name__, _allowed_symbols)
-__version__ = "2.13.0"
+__version__ = "2.17.0-rc0"