diff --git a/sklearn/__init__.py b/sklearn/__init__.py
index 7bcc0f84e57e8253ba17ad6d1e0fcebb170a2d8d..3984728ec41a719ffbb4fdc7c37136c05ef0f2ce 100644
--- a/sklearn/__init__.py
+++ b/sklearn/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('always', category=DeprecationWarning,
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = '0.17'
+__version__ = '0.17.1'
 
 
 try: