diff --git a/.github/workflows/explorer/docker-compose.yaml b/.github/workflows/explorer/docker-compose.yaml
index f3cc42b2137..92ba8328262 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/explorer/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/explorer/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
 
   hydra-explorer:
-    image: ghcr.io/input-output-hk/hydra-explorer:unstable
+    image: ghcr.io/input-output-hk/hydra-explorer:0.17.0
     volumes:
     - /srv/var/cardano/state-preview:/data
     ports:
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ services:
       , "--testnet-magic", "2"
       , "--api-port", "8080"
       # NOTE: Block in which current master scripts were published
-      , "--start-chain-from", "45386581.4a362bfca7cf840575c17b6cbb531588bc8e907beb5a6a28890877fb16be1cd3"
+      , "--start-chain-from", "49533501.e364500a42220ea47314215679b7e42e9bbb81fa69d1366fe738d8aef900f7ee"
       ]
     restart: always
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 398ca1cc93c..0befd965a4c 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ prepare_release() {
   update_api_version "$version"
   update_demo_version "$version"
   update_tutorial_version "$version"
+  update_explorer_version "$version"
 
   find . -name '*-e' -exec rm '{}' \; # cleanup BSD sed mess
   
@@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ update_demo_version() {
   )
 }
 
+update_explorer_version() {
+  local version="$1"
+  (
+    cd .github/workflows/explorer
+    sed -i"" -e "s,\(ghcr.io/input-output-hk/hydra-[^:]*\):[^[:space:]]*,\1:$version," docker-compose.yaml
+  )
+}
+
 changelog() {
   local version="$1"
   sed -e '/^## *\['"$version"'\]/ , /^## *\[.*\]/ !d' CHANGELOG.md | sed '$d' | sed -e 's/^\#* //'