diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e1ef6561..1c9e517a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2019-03-15  Alexey Kopytov  <akopytov@gmail.com>
+
+	* version 1.0.17
+	* build/CI/packaging: update RPM spec to support RHEL8-beta
+	(thanks to Alexey Bychko for the patch)
+	* regression tests: remove unnecessary error leading to opt_rate.t instability.
+	* --rate mode: return a non-zero exit code on event queue
+	overflow.
+	* --rate mode: fix a bogus error about eventgen thread termination
+
 2018-12-16  Alexey Kopytov  <akopytov@gmail.com>
 
 	* version 1.0.16
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cec9209b5..ff8ffb296 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([sysbench],[1.0.16],[https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/issues],
+AC_INIT([sysbench],[1.0.17],[https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/issues],
         [sysbench], [https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])