diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b54da8e..c01b768 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.16.17
+
+* Clean up JSON parsing at the end of each FeatureCollection
+  to avoid running out of memory
+
 ## 1.16.16
 
 * Add tile-join options to include or exclude specific layers
diff --git a/geojson.cpp b/geojson.cpp
index 223ff93..ffbcebe 100644
--- a/geojson.cpp
+++ b/geojson.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ void parse_json(json_pull *jp, const char *reading, volatile long long *layer_se
 		if (strcmp(type->string, "Feature") != 0) {
 			if (strcmp(type->string, "FeatureCollection") == 0) {
 				check_crs(j, reading);
+				json_free(j);
 			}
 
 			continue;
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index ec081f1..55d66ba 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.16.16\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.16.17\n"