diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index 29cfe8d37511d59834a25a29676ab6d79ac86d48..cd516d8cd5d3316fe499c4bdbcd9aac30e1e496c 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2016, 2, 1)
+VERSION = (2017, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS