# Ollama v0.17.5 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.17.5
- **Released:** Mar 02, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.17.5/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.17.5. Source highlight: Qwen3.5: the small Qwen 3.5 model series is now available in 0.8B, 2B, 4B and 9B parameter sizes.

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash in Qwen 3.5 models when split over GPU & CPU
- Fixed issue where Qwen 3.5 models would repeat themselves due to no presence penalty (note: you may have to redownload the `qwen3.5` models:  `ollama pull qwen3.5:35b` for example)
- Fixed memory issues and crashes in MLX runner
- Fixed issue where Ollama would not be able to run models imported from Qwen3.5 GGUF files