diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1ab0961f1f..c842f1eec5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The following steps can be used to update libgit2:
    can be helpful for seeing what has changed.
    The project has recently started labeling API and ABI breaking changes with labels:
    <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3A%22api+breaking%22%2C%22abi+breaking%22+is%3Aclosed>
+   Alternatively, running `git diff [PREV_VERSION]..[NEW_VERSION] --ignore-all-space -- include/` can provide an overview of changes made to the API.
 4. Once you have everything functional, publish a PR with the updates.
 
 ## Release process
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6359ac058c..987479b633 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ url = "2.0"
 bitflags = "2.1.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4.8"
-libgit2-sys = { path = "libgit2-sys", version = "0.16.2" }
+libgit2-sys = { path = "libgit2-sys", version = "0.17.0" }
 
 [target."cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = \"macos\")))".dependencies]
 openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.45", optional = true }
diff --git a/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml b/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
index 67eaf8dc8e..b3adf89ddc 100644
--- a/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.16.2+1.7.2"
+version = "0.17.0+1.8.0"
 authors = ["Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>", "Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 links = "git2"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/libgit2-sys/build.rs b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
index 56fb651b72..3cece57076 100644
--- a/libgit2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 /// Tries to use system libgit2 and emits necessary build script instructions.
 fn try_system_libgit2() -> Result<pkg_config::Library, pkg_config::Error> {
     let mut cfg = pkg_config::Config::new();
-    match cfg.range_version("1.8.0-alpha".."1.9.0").probe("libgit2") {
+    match cfg.range_version("1.8.0".."1.9.0").probe("libgit2") {
         Ok(lib) => {
             for include in &lib.include_paths {
                 println!("cargo:root={}", include.display());