diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 840af0a3..ad3ed279 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.17.3"
+  ".": "0.17.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 161d67a1..3662229c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.17.4 (2026-02-13)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.17.3...v0.17.4](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.17.3...v0.17.4)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **closes OPEN-9006:** multimodal feature not working in production with audio inputs ([fe2398d](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/commit/fe2398d62c32c899c647bbec36b3df61d0ee1547))
+
 ## 0.17.3 (2026-02-13)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.17.2...v0.17.3](https://github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-python/compare/v0.17.2...v0.17.3)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5074a87..e091c6fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openlayer"
-version = "0.17.3"
+version = "0.17.4"
 description = "The official Python library for the openlayer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openlayer/_version.py b/src/openlayer/_version.py
index 9741350f..187dea38 100644
--- a/src/openlayer/_version.py
+++ b/src/openlayer/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openlayer"
-__version__ = "0.17.3"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.17.4"  # x-release-please-version