diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b4e9013b..6db19b95 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.0"
+  ".": "0.17.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 8cd6a7c5..8cf9ee75 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 73ea0c7a..204a698b 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-python-sdk/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* Make country flag optional for DC and ISP proxies ([cd4c025](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/cd4c025b2e89cbc072a1779418ea1ef234b57026))
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2025-10-27)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.15.0...v0.16.0](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 18317f85..1a56293c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "kernel"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the kernel API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/kernel/_version.py b/src/kernel/_version.py
index 211e253d..123dd308 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_version.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "kernel"
-__version__ = "0.16.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.17.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_params.py b/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_params.py
index 1f8d4b7d..485df606 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_params.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_params.py
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ class ProxyCreateParams(TypedDict, total=False):
 
 
 class ConfigDatacenterProxyConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
-    country: Required[str]
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: str
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigIspProxyConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
-    country: Required[str]
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: str
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigResidentialProxyConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_response.py b/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_response.py
index 831c45f3..6ec2f7f9 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_response.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/proxy_create_response.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 
 
 class ConfigDatacenterProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigIspProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigResidentialProxyConfig(BaseModel):
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/proxy_list_response.py b/src/kernel/types/proxy_list_response.py
index 96488816..e4abb0d8 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/proxy_list_response.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/proxy_list_response.py
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 
 
 class ProxyListResponseItemConfigDatacenterProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ProxyListResponseItemConfigIspProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ProxyListResponseItemConfigResidentialProxyConfig(BaseModel):
diff --git a/src/kernel/types/proxy_retrieve_response.py b/src/kernel/types/proxy_retrieve_response.py
index 4c2d63cc..5262fc48 100644
--- a/src/kernel/types/proxy_retrieve_response.py
+++ b/src/kernel/types/proxy_retrieve_response.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 
 
 class ConfigDatacenterProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigIspProxyConfig(BaseModel):
-    country: str
-    """ISO 3166 country code."""
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    """ISO 3166 country code. Defaults to US if not provided."""
 
 
 class ConfigResidentialProxyConfig(BaseModel):