diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc6225cbc8..271631d012 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif()
 ######################################################################
 project(
   qmcpack
-  VERSION 3.17.1
+  VERSION 3.17.9
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # add the automatically determined parts of the RPATH