diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bc7e4aa..7b51ca0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.0"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 8cd6a7c..8cf9ee7 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 65
-openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/kernel%2Fkernel-ecf484375ede1edd7754779ad8beeebd4ba9118152fe6cd65772dc7245a19dee.yml
-openapi_spec_hash: b1f3f05005f75cbf5b82299459e2aa9b
+openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/kernel%2Fkernel-e914e2d08b888c77051acb09176d5e88052f130e0d22e85d946a675d2c3d39ab.yml
+openapi_spec_hash: 611d0ed1b4519331470b5d14e5f6784a
 config_hash: 3ded7a0ed77b1bfd68eabc6763521fe8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0422864..460bdec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.17.0 (2025-10-27)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.16.0...v0.17.0](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* Make country flag optional for DC and ISP proxies ([8fb8abb](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/commit/8fb8abbfb9d399e19db2ec8ca7464f536c808252))
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2025-10-27)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.15.0...v0.16.0](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 386fb01..e8752f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/sdk",
-  "version": "0.16.0",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Kernel API",
   "author": "Kernel <>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/resources/proxies.ts b/src/resources/proxies.ts
index e6841d7..7c409f5 100644
--- a/src/resources/proxies.ts
+++ b/src/resources/proxies.ts
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ export namespace ProxyCreateResponse {
    */
   export interface DatacenterProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ export namespace ProxyCreateResponse {
    */
   export interface IspProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ export namespace ProxyRetrieveResponse {
    */
   export interface DatacenterProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ export namespace ProxyRetrieveResponse {
    */
   export interface IspProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ export namespace ProxyListResponse {
      */
     export interface DatacenterProxyConfig {
       /**
-       * ISO 3166 country code.
+       * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
        */
-      country: string;
+      country?: string;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ export namespace ProxyListResponse {
      */
     export interface IspProxyConfig {
       /**
-       * ISO 3166 country code.
+       * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
        */
-      country: string;
+      country?: string;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -737,9 +737,9 @@ export namespace ProxyCreateParams {
    */
   export interface DatacenterProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@ export namespace ProxyCreateParams {
    */
   export interface IspProxyConfig {
     /**
-     * ISO 3166 country code.
+     * ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided.
      */
-    country: string;
+    country?: string;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index be03af2..0251da7 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.16.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.17.0'; // x-release-please-version