diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bb6e8487..dfba8b076 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif()
 # Define project name and version tags
 ###############################################################################################
 # this is not only the QMS version it will be the package version, too.
-project(QMapShack VERSION 1.16.1 LANGUAGES CXX C)
+project(QMapShack VERSION 1.17.0 LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 # FOR A RELEASE:
 # remove "development" for a release
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a55be92a1..930f17770 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-V1.XX.X
+V1.17.0
 [QMS-429] Bad OSM Tag formatting crashes QMS
 [QMS-470] Windows build scripts: adapt for release v1.16.1
 |QMS-476] Color the map by elevation