diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69c59e5a..fa208221 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master / unreleased
 
+* [DEPENDENCY] update prom/memcached-exporter docker tag to v0.17.0 #660
+
 ## 3.3.7 / 2026-08-04
 
 * [DEPENDENCY] update kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar docker tag to v2.10.1 #657
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53a15246..e40941db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | memcached-blocks-index.​image.​tag | string | `"1.6.45"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-index.​metrics.​enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-index.​metrics.​image.​repository | string | `"prom/memcached-exporter"` |  |
-| memcached-blocks-index.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.16.0"` |  |
+| memcached-blocks-index.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.17.0"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-index.​metrics.​serviceMonitor.​enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-index.​replicaCount | int | `2` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-index.​resources | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​image.​tag | string | `"1.6.45"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​metrics.​enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​metrics.​image.​repository | string | `"prom/memcached-exporter"` |  |
-| memcached-blocks-metadata.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.16.0"` |  |
+| memcached-blocks-metadata.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.17.0"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​metrics.​serviceMonitor.​enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​replicaCount | int | `2` |  |
 | memcached-blocks-metadata.​resources | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | memcached-blocks.​image.​tag | string | `"1.6.45"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks.​metrics.​enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | memcached-blocks.​metrics.​image.​repository | string | `"prom/memcached-exporter"` |  |
-| memcached-blocks.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.16.0"` |  |
+| memcached-blocks.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.17.0"` |  |
 | memcached-blocks.​metrics.​serviceMonitor.​enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | memcached-blocks.​replicaCount | int | `2` |  |
 | memcached-blocks.​resources | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | memcached-frontend.​image.​tag | string | `"1.6.45"` |  |
 | memcached-frontend.​metrics.​enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | memcached-frontend.​metrics.​image.​repository | string | `"prom/memcached-exporter"` |  |
-| memcached-frontend.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.16.0"` |  |
+| memcached-frontend.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.17.0"` |  |
 | memcached-frontend.​metrics.​serviceMonitor.​enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | memcached-frontend.​replicaCount | int | `2` |  |
 | memcached-frontend.​resources | object | `{}` |  |
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​image.​tag | string | `"1.6.45"` |  |
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​metrics.​enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​metrics.​image.​repository | string | `"prom/memcached-exporter"` |  |
-| memcached-parquet-labels.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.16.0"` |  |
+| memcached-parquet-labels.​metrics.​image.​tag | string | `"v0.17.0"` |  |
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​metrics.​serviceMonitor.​enabled | bool | `false` |  |
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​replicaCount | int | `2` |  |
 | memcached-parquet-labels.​resources | object | `{}` |  |
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 67ccbc24..33d37e77 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ memcached-frontend:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: prom/memcached-exporter
-      tag: "v0.16.0"
+      tag: "v0.17.0"
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false
 
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ memcached-blocks-index:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: prom/memcached-exporter
-      tag: "v0.16.0"
+      tag: "v0.17.0"
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false
 
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ memcached-blocks:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: prom/memcached-exporter
-      tag: "v0.16.0"
+      tag: "v0.17.0"
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false
 
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ memcached-blocks-metadata:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: prom/memcached-exporter
-      tag: "v0.16.0"
+      tag: "v0.17.0"
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false
 
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ memcached-parquet-labels:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: prom/memcached-exporter
-      tag: "v0.16.0"
+      tag: "v0.17.0"
     serviceMonitor:
       enabled: false