update release-it to 17.3.0

the last two times a release of wcl was cut, the code wasn't functional.
the code was updated at npmjs.com, but updating the wcl version in the
apps where it's being used didn't actually reflect the update. the first
time this happened cutting a new release, of the same code, allowed the
new code to be used.

instead of doing that again, I'm hoping that updating `release-it` will
fix this issue going forward.

Author: alishaevn