diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 86ea9a3e97..78208ea7b6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gst-devtools', 'c',
-  version : '1.16.0',
+  version : '1.17.0.1',
   meson_version : '>= 0.47',
   default_options : [ 'warning_level=1',
                       'c_std=gnu99',
diff --git a/validate/RELEASE b/validate/RELEASE
index f9058477b2..c7f743cfe3 100644
--- a/validate/RELEASE
+++ b/validate/RELEASE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is GStreamer gst-validate 1.16.0.
+This is GStreamer gst-validate 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/validate/configure.ac b/validate/configure.ac
index ab1973e2e3..884a815240 100644
--- a/validate/configure.ac
+++ b/validate/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 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(Gst-Validate, 1.16.0,
+AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.17.0.1,
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
     gst-validate)
 
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_API_VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_API_VERSION, "$GST_API_VERSION",
       [GStreamer API Version])
 
-AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 1600, 0, 1600)
+AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 1700, 0, 1700)
 
 dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
-GST_REQ=1.16.0
-GSTPB_REQ=1.16.0
+GST_REQ=1.17.0.1
+GSTPB_REQ=1.17.0.1
 
 dnl *** autotools stuff ****
 
diff --git a/validate/meson.build b/validate/meson.build
index b30bce5562..cbc9757fa2 100644
--- a/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# version: '1.16.0' - we're putting this in here to trick the dist-hook check
+# version: '1.17.0.1' - we're putting this in here to trick the dist-hook check
 # in release.mak in the common submodule without having to update it
 inc_dirs = include_directories('.')