diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 13792687ace3a67676f58311b70e0ef61b112241..00f8a7b40b7659953467a84b2c8845f9a696fe77 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name="pytools",
-      version="2016.2.6",
+      version="2017.1",
       description="A collection of tools for Python",
       long_description="""
       Pytools is a big bag of things that are "missing" from the Python standard