diff --git a/README b/README
index 2f8f674..ee9f85f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ Andy Beverley
 RELEASE NOTES
 =============
 
+
+v0.17
+=====
+- Remove control reaches end of non-void function" warnings(Thanks Vincent
+  Untz).
+- Remove unused variables (thanks Vincent Untz).
+- Change start key to 'S' instead of F10 (closes debian bug #755474).
+- Fix problem with unusable device (Closes debian bug #755473).
+
 v0.16
 =====
 - Fix problems building with clang compiler (thanks Martijn van Brummelen)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6244c6d..375c775 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
-AC_INIT(nwipe, 0.16, andy@andybev.com)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nwipe, 0.16)
+AC_INIT(nwipe, 0.17, andy@andybev.com)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nwipe, 0.17)
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile man/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nwipe.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/man/nwipe.1 b/man/nwipe.1
index 2079bc2..f046ad0 100644
--- a/man/nwipe.1
+++ b/man/nwipe.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NWIPE "1" "March 2014" "nwipe version 0.16" "User Commands"
+.TH NWIPE "1" "October 2014" "nwipe version 0.17" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 nwipe \- securely erase disks
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a852c7d..5bc1fad 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * used by configure to dynamically assign those values 
  * to documentation files.
  */
-const char *version_string = "0.16";
+const char *version_string = "0.17";
 const char *program_name   = "nwipe";
 const char *author_name    = "Andy Beverley";
 const char *email_address  = "andy@andybev.com";