diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index acb72672..11249f2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "radicle-crypto"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "amplify",
  "cyphernet",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 059569b7..50c86a13 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ radicle-cli = { version = "0.20", path = "crates/radicle-cli" }
 radicle-cli-test = { path = "crates/radicle-cli-test" }
 radicle-cob = { version = "0.19", path = "crates/radicle-cob" }
 radicle-core = { version = "0.2", path = "crates/radicle-core" }
-radicle-crypto = { version = "0.16", path = "crates/radicle-crypto" }
+radicle-crypto = { version = "0.17", path = "crates/radicle-crypto" }
 radicle-dag = { version = "0.10", path = "crates/radicle-dag" }
 radicle-fetch = { version = "0.19", path = "crates/radicle-fetch" }
 radicle-git-metadata = { version = "0.2.0", path = "crates/radicle-git-metadata", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/radicle-crypto/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/radicle-crypto/CHANGELOG.md
index c41bd7c6..d3cb88d4 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-crypto/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/radicle-crypto/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security
 
+## 0.17.0
+
+### Changed
+
+- The public tuple field on `PublicKey` has been made private.
+  Code that constructed or destructured `PublicKey` positionally
+  (e.g. `PublicKey(inner)` or `let PublicKey(x) = pk`) will no longer
+  compile. Construction of `PublicKey` should now be done through `From`,
+  `TryFrom`, or `Deserialize` implementations. For accessing the inner bytes,
+  use `PublicKey::to_byte_array`.
+
 ## 0.16.0
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/crates/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
index 0dff49ee..2cc67693 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Radicle cryptographic primitives"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 authors = [
   "cloudhead <cloudhead@radicle.xyz>",
   "Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>",