diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cd5dfc623653cc15b78f7b1f1cfef7abcbf85f98..7db749a2c0eccfe62e6866fcf74cd2d26362eac9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(src/gnumeric.h)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnumeric,0.16)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnumeric,0.17)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AM_ACLOCAL_INCLUDE(macros)