diff --git a/src/pabot/__init__.py b/src/pabot/__init__.py
index 563620e4..2c992840 100644
--- a/src/pabot/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pabot/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from .pabotlib import PabotLib
-__version__ = "2.16.0"
+__version__ = "2.17.0"