The seventeenth season of The Bachelorette premiered on June 7, 2021. The season featured 30-year-old Katie Thurston, a bank marketing manager from Lynnwood, Washington. Thurston previously finished in eleventh place on the 25th season of The Bachelor featuring Matt James. As with the previous season, the entire season was filmed at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic.