diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 3f15479..6ffbbd4 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ every change, see the Git log.
 
 Latest
 ------
+* tbd
+
+17.0.0
+------
 * Major: Update poke to version 14.
 
 16.0.0
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 2d940b5..dd20566 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os.path
 from waflib.Build import BuildContext
 
 APPNAME = "tunnel"
-VERSION = "16.0.0"
+VERSION = "17.0.0"
 
 
 def options(opt):