diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ceaef9e6a..4dbbb9ee4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.17.0 (Aug 22, 2025)
+- Added a maximum size payload when posting unique keys telemetry in batches
+- Added ProxyConfiguration parameter to support proxies, including Harness Forward Proxy, allowing also for more secured authentication options: MTLS, Bearer token and user/password authentication. Read more in our docs.
+
 4.16.1 (Jul 21, 2025)
 - Fixed vulnerabilities: 
     - Upgraded org.apache.commons-commons-lang3 to 3.18.0
diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 0e21b1bf5..768f79e9f 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+        <version>4.17.0</version>
     </parent>
-    <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+    <version>4.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Java Client</name>
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
index 586e7fde1..c84e290ed 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -606,7 +605,7 @@ private static SSLContext buildSSLContext(SplitClientConfig config) throws IOExc
             InputStream keystoreStream = null;
             try {
                 KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS12");
-                keystoreStream = java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Paths.get(config.proxyConfiguration().getP12File()));
+                keystoreStream = config.proxyConfiguration().getP12File();
                 keyStore.load(keystoreStream, config.proxyConfiguration().getPassKey().toCharArray());
                 sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
                         .loadKeyMaterial(keyStore, config.proxyConfiguration().getPassKey().toCharArray())
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/dtos/ProxyConfiguration.java b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/dtos/ProxyConfiguration.java
index 93d58c4cd..c1ed2b409 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/dtos/ProxyConfiguration.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/dtos/ProxyConfiguration.java
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@
 
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 public class ProxyConfiguration {
     private final HttpHost _proxyHost;
     private ProxyCredentialsProvider _provider;
-    private final String _p12File;
+    private final InputStream _p12File;
     private final String _passKey;
 
     private ProxyConfiguration(HttpHost proxyHost,
                                ProxyCredentialsProvider proxyCredentialsProvider,
-                               String p12File, String passKey) {
+                               InputStream p12File, String passKey) {
         _proxyHost = proxyHost;
         _p12File = p12File;
         _passKey = passKey;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ private ProxyConfiguration(HttpHost proxyHost,
     }
 
     public HttpHost getHost() { return _proxyHost; }
-    public String getP12File() { return _p12File; }
+    public InputStream getP12File() { return _p12File; }
     public String getPassKey() { return _passKey; }
     public ProxyCredentialsProvider getProxyCredentialsProvider() { return _provider; }
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public static ProxyConfiguration.Builder builder() {
     public static class Builder {
         private ProxyCredentialsProvider _provider;
         private HttpHost _proxyHost;
-        private String _p12File;
+        private InputStream _p12File;
         private String _passKey;
 
         public ProxyConfiguration.Builder credentialsProvider(ProxyCredentialsProvider provider) {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public ProxyConfiguration.Builder url(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
             return this;
         }
 
-        public ProxyConfiguration.Builder mtls(String p12File, String passKey) {
+        public ProxyConfiguration.Builder mtls(InputStream p12File, String passKey) {
             _passKey = passKey;
             _p12File = p12File;
             return this;
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfigTest.java b/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfigTest.java
index 8330f13ad..be9e85544 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfigTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfigTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ public Map<String, List<String>> getHeaderOverrides(RequestContext context) {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void checkProxyParams() throws MalformedURLException {
+    public void checkProxyParams() throws MalformedURLException, FileNotFoundException {
         SplitClientConfig config = SplitClientConfig.builder()
                 .proxyConfiguration(new ProxyConfiguration.Builder()
                         .url(new URL("https://proxy-host:8888"))
@@ -304,14 +306,14 @@ public String getToken() {
                         .build())
                 .build();
         Assert.assertEquals(bearerCredentialsProvider, config.proxyConfiguration().getProxyCredentialsProvider());
-
+        FileInputStream p12File = new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/keyStore.p12");
         config = SplitClientConfig.builder()
                 .proxyConfiguration(new ProxyConfiguration.Builder()
                         .url(new URL("https://proxy-host:888"))
-                        .mtls("path/to/file", "pass-key")
+                        .mtls(p12File, "pass-key")
                         .build())
                 .build();
-        Assert.assertEquals("path/to/file", config.proxyConfiguration().getP12File());
+        Assert.assertEquals(p12File, config.proxyConfiguration().getP12File());
         Assert.assertEquals("pass-key", config.proxyConfiguration().getPassKey());
     }
 
@@ -352,11 +354,11 @@ public void mustUseP12FileWithProxyMtls() throws MalformedURLException {
     }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-    public void mustUseP12PassKeyWithProxyMtls() throws MalformedURLException {
+    public void mustUseP12PassKeyWithProxyMtls() throws MalformedURLException, FileNotFoundException {
         SplitClientConfig.builder()
                 .proxyConfiguration(new ProxyConfiguration.Builder()
                         .url(new URL("https://proxy-host:888"))
-                        .mtls("path/to/file", null)
+                        .mtls(new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/keyStore.p12"), null)
                         .build())
                 .build();
     }
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImplTest.java b/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImplTest.java
index 222ddc82b..9826b47e2 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImplTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImplTest.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public void testFactoryInstantiationWithProxyMtls() throws Exception {
                 .setBlockUntilReadyTimeout(1000)
                 .proxyConfiguration(ProxyConfiguration.builder()
                         .url(new URL("http://proxy-name:6060"))
-                        .mtls("src/test/resources/keyStore.p12", "split")
+                        .mtls(new FileInputStream("src/test/resources/keyStore.p12"), "split")
                         .build())
                 .build();
         SplitFactoryImpl splitFactory3 = new SplitFactoryImpl(API_KEY, splitClientConfig);
diff --git a/okhttp-modules/pom.xml b/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
index 0dfc25296..fc646f3d7 100644
--- a/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
-        <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+        <version>4.17.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+    <version>4.17.0</version>
     <artifactId>okhttp-modules</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>http-modules</name>
diff --git a/pluggable-storage/pom.xml b/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
index 3a9082133..4b7e01562 100644
--- a/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
-        <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+        <version>4.17.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <version>2.1.0</version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8acb3c8a..c20814b19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+    <version>4.17.0</version>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/redis-wrapper/pom.xml b/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
index b65a19846..8bf6c4246 100644
--- a/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
-        <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+        <version>4.17.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>redis-wrapper</artifactId>
     <version>3.1.1</version>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index c73a45694..b7f0bf906 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.split.client</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-client-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+        <version>4.17.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>java-client-testing</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>4.17.0-rc3</version>
+    <version>4.17.0</version>
     <name>Java Client For Testing</name>
     <description>Testing suite for Java SDK for Split</description>
     <dependencies>