diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 850a0d8772..a4de1c39d3 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Zarr Developers <https://github.com/zarr-developers>
+Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Zarr Developers <https://github.com/zarr-developers>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 318843a9fb..048e77f51d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "zarr"
-copyright = "2023, Zarr Developers"
+copyright = "2024, Zarr Developers"
 author = "Zarr Developers"
 
 version = zarr.__version__
diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index 8ce4b2e33c..037432ca58 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,41 @@ Release notes
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+.. _release_2.17.1:
+
+2.17.1
+------
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 * Change occurrences of % and format() to f-strings.
   By :user:`Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos <DimitriPapadopoulos>` :issue:`1423`.
 
+* Proper argument for numpy.reshape.
+  By :user:`Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos <DmitriPapadopoulos>` :issue:`1425`.
+
+* Add typing to dimension separator arguments.
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>` :issue:`1620`.
+
+Docs
+~~~~
+
+* ZIP related tweaks.
+  By :user:`Davis Bennett <d-v-b>` :issue:`1641`.
+
+Maintenance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Update config.yml with Zulip.
+  By :user:`Josh Moore <joshmoore>`.
+
+* Replace Gitter with the new Zulip Chat link.
+  By :user:`Sanket Verma <msankeys963>` :issue:`1685`.
+
+* Fix RTD build.
+  By :user:`Sanket Verma <msankeys963>` :issue:`1694`.
+
 .. _release_2.17.0:
 
 2.17.0