diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
index 1f69fe922d..8d27f3e9f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-18.04, macOS-11, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macOS-11, windows-latest]
         python-version: [36, 37, 38, 39, 310]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
index 0312963f60..83b0b31a29 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_tuple__ = (4, 16, 1)
-__version__ = '4.16.1'
+__version_tuple__ = (4, 17, 0)
+__version__ = '4.17.0'
diff --git a/packages/vaex-meta/setup.py b/packages/vaex-meta/setup.py
index 8778c11297..6ca51d56df 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-meta/setup.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-meta/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 url = 'https://www.github.com/vaexio/vaex'
 
 install_requires = [
-      'vaex-core>=4.16.1,<4.17',
+      'vaex-core>=4.17.0,<4.17',
       'vaex-astro>=0.9.3,<0.10',
       'vaex-hdf5>=0.13.0,<0.15',
       'vaex-viz>=0.5.4,<0.6',