diff --git a/osbs-client.spec b/osbs-client.spec
index d6db9b762..47c3d01bb 100644
--- a/osbs-client.spec
+++ b/osbs-client.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 %global osbs_obsolete_vr 0.14-2
 
 Name:           osbs-client
-Version:        0.16
+Version:        0.17
 %if "x%{postrelease}" != "x0"
 Release:        %{release}.%{postrelease}.git.%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 %else
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ LANG=en_US.utf8 py.test-%{python2_version} -vv tests
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 12 2016 Martin Milata <mmilata@redhat.com> - 0.17-1
+- new upstream release: 0.17
+
 * Thu Jan 21 2016 Martin Milata <mmilata@redhat.com> - 0.16-1
 - new upstream release: 0.16
 
diff --git a/osbs/__init__.py b/osbs/__init__.py
index f67f22ef9..02410bbfd 100644
--- a/osbs/__init__.py
+++ b/osbs/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import logging
 
 
-__version__ = "0.16"
+__version__ = "0.17"
 
 
 def set_logging(name="osbs", level=logging.DEBUG):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bc255409..a9edbaa7e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _install_requirements():
 setup(
     name="osbs-client",
     description='Python module and command line client for OpenShift Build Service',
-    version="0.16",
+    version="0.17",
     author='Red Hat, Inc.',
     author_email='atomic-devel@projectatomic.io',
     url='https://github.com/projectatomic/osbs-client',