diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3b86fcdf..33edbf80 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Release 1.17
+2020-02-18 Release 1.17
 	- added optional configuration for redis caching (input and output); more needed
 	- added API endpoint /api/data-preview-sheets to fetch a list of sheet titles from an Excel workbook
 	- Docker fixes
diff --git a/hxl_proxy/__init__.py b/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
index 42b60885..96f9ae86 100644
--- a/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/hxl_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import werkzeug.datastructures
 from . import reverse_proxied
 
-__version__="1.16.1"
+__version__="1.17"
 """Module version number
 See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0396/
 """
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc040e78..95601c84 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     name = 'hxl-proxy',
     packages = ['hxl_proxy'],
     package_data={'hxl_proxy': ['*.sql']},
-    version = "1.16.1",
+    version = "1.17",
     description = 'Flask-based web proxy for HXL',
     author='David Megginson',
     author_email='contact@megginson.com',