diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93c6904ee8c2f6422805245e051ac548a74de5bb..b0ed0867d56725415b56d5a723bfb4bede052cdc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name="pytools",
-      version="2017.1.1",
+      version="2017.2",
       description="A collection of tools for Python",
       long_description="""
       Pytools is a big bag of things that are "missing" from the Python standard