diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab0d1963c4..c71567c1e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "0.3.0",
     "i18next-localstorage-cache": "0.3.0",
     "i18next-parser": "0.11.1",
-    "i18next-xhr-backend": "1.4.3",
+    "i18next-xhr-backend": "1.5.1",
     "jquery": "3.3.1",
     "jquery-validation": "1.16.0",
     "katex": "0.8.3",
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index f6ac257cca..435aed49fb 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ ZULIP_VERSION = "1.7.1+git"
 # Typically, adding a dependency only requires a minor version bump, and
 # removing a dependency requires a major version bump.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = '17.3'
+PROVISION_VERSION = '17.4'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a65a3e31e6..e5bb5d020f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3213,9 +3213,9 @@ i18next-parser@0.11.1:
     through2 "~2.0.3"
     vinyl "~2.0.1"
 
-i18next-xhr-backend@1.4.3:
-  version "1.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-xhr-backend/-/i18next-xhr-backend-1.4.3.tgz#d72f70536a3bf6a3892261dde352bc77d708886a"
+i18next-xhr-backend@^1.5.1:
+  version "1.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-xhr-backend/-/i18next-xhr-backend-1.5.1.tgz#50282610780c6a696d880dfa7f4ac1d01e8c3ad5"
 
 i18next@3.4.4:
   version "3.4.4"
@@ -3602,7 +3602,7 @@ jquery-validation@1.16.0:
   dependencies:
     jquery "^1.7 || ^2.0 || ^3.1"
 
-"jquery@^1.7 || ^2.0 || ^3.1", jquery@^3.3.1:
+jquery@3.3.1, "jquery@^1.7 || ^2.0 || ^3.1":
   version "3.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery/-/jquery-3.3.1.tgz#958ce29e81c9790f31be7792df5d4d95fc57fbca"