2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f485778c..9772eee2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 6.16
+VERSION = 6.17
 NAME = rpmdrake
 
 DIRS = po polkit data mime
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d1f0e47..766eaa8c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Version 6.17 - 22 March 2015, Rémi Verschelde
+
 - rpmdrake:
   o filter out critical config files from the .rpm{new,save} handling
     logic after installing packages (Martin Whitaker, mga#14266)