diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
index 2237665e33..e1103fb848 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a broken site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
index 0e2940d861..90d7294ac0 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
index 92501be2ef..5b59852c70 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm requesting a site-specific feature
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
index bdfc0efb86..bd4695f878 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
index c9e3aba38f..8c7f315e9e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
index fe6a4ee3fb..4a13446286 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.01.06** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.01.06 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.01.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.01.06)
+        Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index f722ec6654..3c92a85e10 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2023.01.06'
+__version__ = '2023.02.17'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '6becd2508'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'a0a7c0154'
 
 VARIANT = None