diff --git a/apps/rn/src/tests/test3.js b/apps/rn/src/tests/test3.js
index d6855e42d..0f6598985 100644
--- a/apps/rn/src/tests/test3.js
+++ b/apps/rn/src/tests/test3.js
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ export default async () => {
     catRidingUnicornBytes,
     cmykBytes,
     normalPdfBase64,
+    existingPdfBytes,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     fetchAsset('pdfs/with_update_sections.pdf'),
     fetchAsset('images/cat_riding_unicorn_resized.jpg'),
     fetchAsset('images/cmyk_colorspace.jpg'),
     fetchAsset('pdfs/normal.pdf'),
+    fetchAsset('pdfs/with_annots.pdf'),
   ]);
 
   const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.load(inputPdfBytes, {
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ export default async () => {
   const page0 = pdfDoc.insertPage(0, [305, 250]);
   const page1 = pdfDoc.getPage(1);
 
-  const existingPdfBytes = await fetchBinaryAsset('pdfs/with_annots.pdf');
   const docWithAnnots = await PDFDocument.load(existingPdfBytes);
   const [page2] = await pdfDoc.copyPages(docWithAnnots, [0]);
   page2.scaleContent(0.5, 0.5);
diff --git a/apps/rn/yarn.lock b/apps/rn/yarn.lock
index 4300185e4..d0ae7978d 100644
--- a/apps/rn/yarn.lock
+++ b/apps/rn/yarn.lock
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@ path-type@^3.0.0:
     pify "^3.0.0"
 
 pdf-lib@./../..:
-  version "1.16.0"
+  version "1.17.0"
   dependencies:
     "@pdf-lib/standard-fonts" "^1.0.0"
     "@pdf-lib/upng" "^1.0.1"
diff --git a/apps/web/test3.html b/apps/web/test3.html
index 268dd5bfe..985198f0c 100644
--- a/apps/web/test3.html
+++ b/apps/web/test3.html
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@
         catRidingUnicornBytes,
         cmykBytes,
         normalPdfBase64,
+        existingPdfBytes,
       ] = await Promise.all([
         fetchStringAsset('pdfs/with_update_sections.pdf.base64.uri'),
         fetchBinaryAsset('images/cat_riding_unicorn.jpg'),
         fetchBinaryAsset('images/cmyk_colorspace.jpg'),
         fetchStringAsset('pdfs/normal.pdf.base64'),
+        fetchBinaryAsset('pdfs/with_annots.pdf'),
       ]);
 
       const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.load(inputPdfBase64, {
@@ -82,8 +84,7 @@
 
       const page0 = pdfDoc.insertPage(0, [305, 250]);
       const page1 = pdfDoc.getPage(1);
-      
-      const existingPdfBytes = await fetchBinaryAsset('pdfs/with_annots.pdf');
+
       const docWithAnnots = await PDFDocument.load(existingPdfBytes);
       const [page2] = await pdfDoc.copyPages(docWithAnnots, [0]);
       page2.scaleContent(0.5, 0.5);
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
       const [page4] = await pdfDoc.copyPages(docWithAnnots, [0]);
       page4.scale(0.5, 0.5);
       pdfDoc.addPage(page4);
-      
+
       const page5 = pdfDoc.addPage([305, 250]);
 
       const hotPink = rgb(1, 0, 1);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce32f76dc..60498bbbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdf-lib",
-  "version": "1.16.0",
+  "version": "1.17.0",
   "description": "Create and modify PDF files with JavaScript",
   "author": "Andrew Dillon <andrew.dillon.j@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [