diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 203c970..928cb6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        nif: ["2.16", "2.17"]
+        nif: ["2.16"]
         job:
           - { target: aarch64-apple-darwin, os: macos-11 }
           - {
diff --git a/native/h3geo/Cargo.toml b/native/h3geo/Cargo.toml
index 151e9ad..18ed22c 100644
--- a/native/h3geo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/h3geo/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rustler = { version = "0.31.0", features = [
-  "nif_version_2_16",
-  "nif_version_2_17",
-] }
+rustler = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["nif_version_2_16"] }
 h3o = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["std", "geo"] }
 geo = "0.28.0"
 itertools = "0.12.1"