diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c73ad5..47df770 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ libguestfs-1.5.3.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.7.14.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.7.15.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.7.16.tar.gz
+/libguestfs-1.7.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 47702e6..ed9f32b 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
-Version:       1.7.16
+Version:       1.7.17
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 License:       LGPLv2+
 Group:         Development/Libraries
@@ -735,6 +735,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 30 2010 Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.7.17-1
+- New upstream development version 1.7.17.
+
 * Fri Nov 26 2010 Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.7.16-1
 - New upstream development version 1.7.16.
 - guestfish no longer requires pod2text, hence no longer requires perl.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f9be83d..430e13c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-536e9cce249ccc32e9c609fdfefc7a80  libguestfs-1.7.16.tar.gz
+7e65b31e696c4a0334f1cf1d29ec4cd8  libguestfs-1.7.17.tar.gz