diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6caacfc..2838678 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
     'mate-desktop-branding',
     ['c'],
-    version: '16',
+    version: '17',
     license: [
         'GPL-2.0',
     ],
diff --git a/mkrelease.sh b/mkrelease.sh
index 38bff07..5bc3b5c 100755
--- a/mkrelease.sh
+++ b/mkrelease.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ git submodule init
 git submodule update
 
 # Script for ikey because he went with meson. *shrug*
-VERSION="16"
+VERSION="17"
 NAME="mate-desktop-branding"
 git-archive-all.sh --format tar --prefix ${NAME}-${VERSION}/ --verbose -t HEAD ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar
 xz -9 "${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar"