diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c2c32a6f..719d2a538 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def run(self):
 setup(name='pygit2',
       description='Python bindings for libgit2.',
       keywords='git',
-      version='0.17.0',
+      version='0.17.1',
       url='http://github.com/libgit2/pygit2',
       classifiers=classifiers,
       license='GPLv2',