diff --git a/Doxygen b/Doxygen
index ae4d37139..36c0c07d6 100644
--- a/Doxygen
+++ b/Doxygen
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "ESPHome"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.17.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.17.0b1
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a15daf6c..e3ce13443 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ESPHOME_PATH = ../esphome
-ESPHOME_REF = v1.16.2
+ESPHOME_REF = v1.17.0b1
 
 .PHONY: html html-strict cleanhtml deploy help webserver Makefile netlify netlify-api api netlify-dependencies svg2png copy-svg2png
 
diff --git a/_static/version b/_static/version
index ee8855caa..c4c22c58f 100644
--- a/_static/version
+++ b/_static/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.17.0-dev
+1.17.0b1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 3f2f786b7..357202291 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ author = "Otto Winter"
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "1.17"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.17.0-dev"
+release = "1.17.0b1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/script/bump-version.py b/script/bump-version.py
index 83ffa4b4d..0a38889f9 100755
--- a/script/bump-version.py
+++ b/script/bump-version.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def write_version(version: Version):
         "Doxygen", r"PROJECT_NUMBER         = .*", f"PROJECT_NUMBER         = {version}"
     )
     # version = '1.14'
-    sub("conf.py", r"version = '.*'", f"version = '{version.major}.{version.minor}'")
+    sub("conf.py", r'version = ".*"', f'version = "{version.major}.{version.minor}"')
     # release = '1.14.4'
-    sub("conf.py", r"release = '.*'", f"release = '{version}'")
+    sub("conf.py", r'release = ".*"', f'release = "{version}"')
     with open("_static/version", "wt") as fh:
         fh.write(str(version))