diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c6bc018b5..cb1283211 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 |kitty| is a feature full, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal emulator.
 To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
-0.17.0 [future]
+0.17.0 [2020-03-24]
 --------------------
 
 - A new :ref:`splits_layout` to arrange windows in arbitrary splits
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 469cf9cf8..1b99a6885 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
-version: Version = Version(0, 16, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 17, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat