diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: rtables
 Title: Reporting Tables
-Version: 0.6.16.9012
+Version: 0.6.17
 Date: 2026-09-29
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gabriel", "Becker", , "gabembecker@gmail.com", role = "aut",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-## rtables 0.6.16.9012
+## rtables 0.6.17
 
 ### New Features
  * Added `restrict_facets` function factory for use with `make_split_fun` @gmbecker
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
  * content functions now receive correct `.ref_group` value instead of a data.frame with zero rows, when requested. #1117 @gmbecker
  * Fix in the now exported `RefFootnote` in check for disallowed values in `symbol` argument
 
+## rtables 0.6.16
+
+### New Features
+ * Added `restrict_facets` function factory for use with `make_split_fun` @gmbecker
+ * Exported previously internal `make_subset_expr` for use when constructing custom splitting behavior
+
 ## rtables 0.6.15
 
 ### New Features