diff --git a/xonsh/__init__.py b/xonsh/__init__.py
index 5a313cc7e..fd86b3ee9 100644
--- a/xonsh/__init__.py
+++ b/xonsh/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
+__version__ = "0.17.0"