diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 3cc826b4fb6..35883a35690 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "The Battle for Wesnoth"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.17.16+dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.17.17
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3b6f8145e55..2c1f3413b57 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
-## Version 1.17.16+dev
- ### Add-ons client
- ### Add-ons server
- ### Campaigns
- ### Editor
- ### Multiplayer
- ### Lua API
- ### Packaging
- ### Terrain
+## Version 1.17.17
  ### Translations
    * Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- ### Units
  ### User interface
    * Fixed main menu Language button and Version label not being refreshed after
      switching languages without relaunching the game (issue #7437).
@@ -18,7 +9,6 @@
  ### WML Engine
    * Add support for distinct sub-achievements.
    * Add [filter_ability] usable instead of [abilities][tag name] to filter attributes including the type of ability used.
- ### Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes
 
 ## Version 1.17.16
  ### Translations
diff --git a/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py b/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
index 72246fac456..376141774a0 100755
--- a/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
+++ b/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 major = 1
 minor = 17
-release = 16
-dev_suffix = "+dev" # either use "+dev", "-dev", "" (empty string) or None
+release = 17
+dev_suffix = "" # either use "+dev", "-dev", "" (empty string) or None
 
 as_string = "{}.{}.{}{}".format(major,
                                 minor,
diff --git a/projectfiles/Xcode/Info.plist b/projectfiles/Xcode/Info.plist
index 50fa667ff58..d0c28cc58ef 100644
--- a/projectfiles/Xcode/Info.plist
+++ b/projectfiles/Xcode/Info.plist
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.17.16</string>
+	<string>1.17.17</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.17.16</string>
+	<string>1.17.17</string>
 	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
 	<string>public.app-category.strategy-games</string>
 	<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
diff --git a/src/wesconfig.h b/src/wesconfig.h
index b25a415ed2c..e0e2dd1c4ac 100644
--- a/src/wesconfig.h
+++ b/src/wesconfig.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   #undef VERSION
 #endif
 
-#define VERSION "1.17.16+dev"
+#define VERSION "1.17.17"
 
 // Used for the Windows executables' version info resource.
 #define RC_VERSION_MAJOR        1