diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0382ca4e5cb..297e31b19f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chainlink",
-  "version": "2.17.0",
+  "version": "2.17.0-mercury",
   "description": "node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
     "@changesets/cli": "~2.26.2",
     "semver": "^7.6.3"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}