diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index ec30a2ea..5cf08605 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: Remove side effects for module imports
+      hash: 48e0733c7e734b401f6072df5a396dfc04075d98
+      body: |
+        The supervisor uses the following pattern for async module
+        initialization
+
+        ```typescript
+        // module.ts
+
+        export const initialised = (async () => {
+            // do some async initialization
+        })();
+
+        // somewhere else
+        import * as module from 'module';
+
+        async function setup() {
+          await module.initialise;
+        }
+        ```
+
+        The above pattern means that whenever the module is imported, the
+        initialisation procedure will be ran, which is an anti-pattern.
+
+        This converts any instance of this pattern into a function
+
+        ```typescript
+        export const initialised = _.once(async () => {
+            // do some async initialization
+        });
+        ```
+
+        And anywhere else on the code it replaces the call with a
+
+        ```typescript
+        await module.initialised();
+        ```
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Felipe Lalanne
+      nested: []
+  version: 14.0.17
+  title: "'Remove side effects for module imports'"
+  date: 2022-09-06T19:50:43.463Z
 - commits:
     - subject: Add custom DTB support for imx8mm-var-som
       hash: 36544b7d6e53c8a501a6def40ac0370346e63b78
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bec23cc..a214a1f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 automatically by Versionist. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# v14.0.17
+## (2022-09-06)
+
+* Remove side effects for module imports [Felipe Lalanne]
+
 # v14.0.16
 ## (2022-09-06)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1b8df774..64cef64f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14.0.16
\ No newline at end of file
+14.0.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/balena.yml b/balena.yml
index 75e52cee..cdca0c38 100644
--- a/balena.yml
+++ b/balena.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ name: balena-supervisor
 description: 'Balena Supervisor: balena''s agent on devices.'
 joinable: false
 type: sw.application
-version: 14.0.16
+version: 14.0.17
 provides:
   - slug: sw.compose.long-volume-syntax
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 58d97c00..8a217a1e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
-  "version": "14.0.16",
+  "version": "14.0.17",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 279842fc..23c5e230 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
   "description": "This is balena's Supervisor, a program that runs on IoT devices and has the task of running user Apps (which are Docker containers), and updating them as the balena API informs it to.",
-  "version": "14.0.16",
+  "version": "14.0.17",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@
     }
   },
   "versionist": {
-    "publishedAt": "2022-09-06T14:36:03.587Z"
+    "publishedAt": "2022-09-06T19:50:43.834Z"
   }
 }