diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index eeaaca39881b498db463d6e84ef15ec7f6b147c1..94522f5aaed35e2fe3abf500b95fd545fc0d6922 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Drupal 7.17, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.17, 2012-11-07
 -----------------------
 - Changed the default value of the '404_fast_html' variable to have a DOCTYPE
   declaration.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index d6c0d93f80d6029c8481ea0680828dbe6c58f54f..c9b17fe285c169596dd1d22c138d70266b97241d 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.17-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.17');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.