diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v0.43.md b/docs/changelogs/v0.43.md
index 8f0cee0aace..dd9fff14abd 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/v0.43.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/v0.43.md
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The telemetry plugin is now opt-in and ships with no built-in endpoint: a node s
 #### 📦️ Dependency updates
 
 - update `go-libp2p` to a pre-release pinned at [95be6665](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/commit/95be6665b014e3e29bdb639ec10f8944d141969d), ahead of v0.48.0 (no tagged release yet)
-- update `go-libp2p-pubsub` to a pre-release pinned at [01917ab4](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub/commit/01917ab4bc72511f5d13395445560e2575a51e44), ahead of v0.16.0 (no tagged release yet), for the pubsub memory exhaustion fix above
+- update `go-libp2p-pubsub` to [v0.17.0](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub/releases/tag/v0.17.0)
 - update `go-libp2p-kad-dht` to [v0.41.0](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/releases/tag/v0.41.0)
 - update `p2p-forge/client` to [v0.9.1](https://github.com/ipshipyard/p2p-forge/releases/tag/v0.9.1) (incl. [v0.9.0](https://github.com/ipshipyard/p2p-forge/releases/tag/v0.9.0), [v0.8.1](https://github.com/ipshipyard/p2p-forge/releases/tag/v0.8.1))
 - update `go-ds-pebble` to [v0.5.12](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble/releases/tag/v0.5.12)
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
index b28bace3099..96de91bec6a 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.41.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72 // indirect
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 // indirect
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
index 6089bc7c7d6..e2609df64fd 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.3.1/go.mod h1:oyjT5O7tS9CQurok++ERgc46YLw
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0 h1:QAK7RzKJpYe+EuSEATAaaHYMYLkPDGC18m9jxPLnU8s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JMlxqcEyKwO6ox716eyC0hmiduSWZZl6JY93mGaaqc4=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore v0.1.4/go.mod h1:+4BDbDiiKf4PzpANZDAT+knVdLxvqh7hXOujessqdzs=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72 h1:+FxFDSXkULD3f7qL0iSzvJLpMcsDd315HVdA3sY7nsk=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72/go.mod h1:F0oKCGLFJNy9b0TyRi04b+LchEzq0t2eZyJuxwAIyDE=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0 h1:SNdvB6V0eYMXLRR95n+4vpxJKbFsbHhgjPdDiTpGoo0=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0/go.mod h1:F0oKCGLFJNy9b0TyRi04b+LchEzq0t2eZyJuxwAIyDE=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0 h1:D30iKdlqDt5ZmLEYhHELCMRj8b4sFAqrUcshIUvVP/s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0/go.mod h1:FY/q0/RBTKsLA7l4vqC2cbRbOvyDotg8PJQ7j8FDudE=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d6c1626f220..4ddff72d7cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http v0.5.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.41.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72 // TODO: switch to a tagged release once one ships past v0.16.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0 // TODO: switch to a tagged release once one ships past v0.16.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 532bd1c9d66..ea9ccbce055 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.3.1/go.mod h1:oyjT5O7tS9CQurok++ERgc46YLw
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0 h1:QAK7RzKJpYe+EuSEATAaaHYMYLkPDGC18m9jxPLnU8s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JMlxqcEyKwO6ox716eyC0hmiduSWZZl6JY93mGaaqc4=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore v0.1.4/go.mod h1:+4BDbDiiKf4PzpANZDAT+knVdLxvqh7hXOujessqdzs=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72 h1:+FxFDSXkULD3f7qL0iSzvJLpMcsDd315HVdA3sY7nsk=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.16.1-0.20260707102207-01917ab4bc72/go.mod h1:F0oKCGLFJNy9b0TyRi04b+LchEzq0t2eZyJuxwAIyDE=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0 h1:SNdvB6V0eYMXLRR95n+4vpxJKbFsbHhgjPdDiTpGoo0=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.17.0/go.mod h1:F0oKCGLFJNy9b0TyRi04b+LchEzq0t2eZyJuxwAIyDE=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0 h1:D30iKdlqDt5ZmLEYhHELCMRj8b4sFAqrUcshIUvVP/s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.6.0/go.mod h1:FY/q0/RBTKsLA7l4vqC2cbRbOvyDotg8PJQ7j8FDudE=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=