diff --git a/cobra/__init__.py b/cobra/__init__.py
index c671d3fb1..117cd13c8 100644
--- a/cobra/__init__.py
+++ b/cobra/__init__.py
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ def _warn_format(message, category, filename, lineno, file=None, line=None):
 from cobra import sampling
 from cobra.util import show_versions
 
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
+__version__ = "0.17.0"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 197fd9aa6..ac379db6a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.16.0
+current_version = 0.17.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f757a51b..f187b1c0f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name="cobra",
-        version="0.16.0",
+        version="0.17.0",
         packages=find_packages(),
         setup_requires=setup_requirements,
         install_requires=[