diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b455f4ddd..bbd218dc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # salt-netapi-client
 
-Java bindings for the [Salt API](http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/netapi/all/salt.netapi.rest_cherrypy.html#module-salt.netapi.rest_cherrypy.app), please have a look at the Javadoc for [v0.16.0](http://suse.github.io/salt-netapi-client/docs/v0.16.0) or [master](http://suse.github.io/salt-netapi-client/docs/master).
+Java bindings for the [Salt API](http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/netapi/all/salt.netapi.rest_cherrypy.html#module-salt.netapi.rest_cherrypy.app), please have a look at the Javadoc for [v0.17.0](http://suse.github.io/salt-netapi-client/docs/v0.17.0) or [master](http://suse.github.io/salt-netapi-client/docs/master).
 
 ## How to use it
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Add the following dependency to the `pom.xml` file of your project:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.suse.salt</groupId>
     <artifactId>salt-netapi-client</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.17.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ec0aaf59..48071b623 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.suse.salt</groupId>
   <artifactId>salt-netapi-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.17.0</version>
   <name>salt-netapi-client</name>
   <url>https://github.com/SUSE/salt-netapi-client</url>
   <description>Java bindings for the Salt API</description>