diff --git a/apps/comments-ui/package.json b/apps/comments-ui/package.json
index 638ad2d812..4e58d2746e 100644
--- a/apps/comments-ui/package.json
+++ b/apps/comments-ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tryghost/comments-ui",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "git@github.com:TryGhost/comments-ui.git",
   "author": "Ghost Foundation",
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
index 351b084ecc..40c28eb70f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
     },
     "comments": {
         "url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ghost/comments-ui@~{version}/umd/comments-ui.min.js",
-        "version": "0.16"
+        "version": "0.17"
     },
     "signupForm": {
         "url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ghost/signup-form@~{version}/umd/signup-form.min.js",