diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+Version 1.4.17 2024-07-13 by luispedro
+	* mahotas: fix bug triggered on Windows
+
 Version 1.4.16 2024-07-03 by luispedro
 	* io: Add deprecated warning for freeimage
 	* mahotas: update for NumPy 2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ questions.
 
 ## Recent Changes
 
+### Version 1.4.17 (Jul 13 2024)
+
+- Fix bug that stopped mahotas from working on Windows
+
 ### Version 1.4.16 (Jul 3 2024)
 
 - update for NumPy 2
diff --git a/docs/source/history.rst b/docs/source/history.rst
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 History
 =======
 
+Version 1.4.17 (Jul 13 2024)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- Fixes for Windows (actually a bona fides bug that was only triggered in a very specific case)
+
 Version 1.4.16 (Jul 3 2024)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - update for NumPy 2
diff --git a/mahotas/mahotas_version.py b/mahotas/mahotas_version.py
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--- a/mahotas/mahotas_version.py
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.4.16'
+__version__ = '1.4.17'