diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index ae40dff71e..5cfe4dcff9 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is GStreamer gst-libav 1.16.0.
+This is GStreamer gst-libav 1.17.0.1.
The GStreamer team is thrilled to announce a new major feature release in the
stable 1.0 API series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia framework!
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f695ccb85e..ab34a46218 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.69)
dnl initialize autoconf
dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AC_INIT(GStreamer libav, 1.16.0,
+AC_INIT(GStreamer libav, 1.17.0.1,
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
gst-libav)
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_API_VERSION)
dnl *** Check for external $AS vs detected by AS_LIBTOOL
orig_AS="$AS"
AG_GST_LIBTOOL_PREPARE
-AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 1600, 0, 1600)
+AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 1700, 0, 1700)
dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
-GST_REQ=1.16.0
-GST_PBREQ=1.16.0
+GST_REQ=1.17.0.1
+GST_PBREQ=1.17.0.1
ORC_REQ=0.4.16
ORC_CHECK([$ORC_REQ])
diff --git a/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-libav.xml b/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-libav.xml
index 6e41849dd4..8724283113 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-libav.xml
+++ b/docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-libav.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
All libav codecs and formats (local snapshot)
../../ext/libav/.libs/libgstlibav.so
libgstlibav.so
- 1.16.0
+ 1.17.0.1
LGPL
- GStreamer libav source release
+ GStreamer libav git
Unknown package origin
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2d747c846f..67b31ee185 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
project('gst-libav', 'c', 'cpp',
- version : '1.16.0',
+ version : '1.17.0.1',
meson_version : '>= 0.46.0',
default_options : [ 'warning_level=1',
'buildtype=debugoptimized' ])