diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0e43fb8c..e07903481 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-22  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* re-bump version to 1.17.0 for next release when we make a new
+	unstable branch.
+
 2008-11-21  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version: set to 1.15.4 for new release on unstable branch.
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 42522cb7e..c5cd26085 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ GCC_VERSION=2.9.5
 
 # The version number of this release.
 MAJOR_VERSION=1
-MINOR_VERSION=15
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=4
+MINOR_VERSION=17
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=0
 # numeric value should match above
-VERSION_NUMBER=115.4
+VERSION_NUMBER=117.0
 GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION=${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${SUBMINOR_VERSION}
 VERSION=${GNUSTEP_BASE_VERSION}