diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e1c3e14c655ead6a5831247e71838d4bae5de67..44aef32aa9488159054df560a6eecaf23257ea6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ The changelog is kept as [release notes](https://github.com/smok-serwis/coolamqp
 on GitHub. This file serves to only note what changes
 have been made so far, between releases.
 
-# v1.2.16
+# v1.2.17
 
-* modified the year in client information in handshake.py
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index dee93a905508ec960f7f65c438caff0e55de96c1..e0d04eb1b29cc0a7ffc64e15c9e7c7cc8e8906be 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.16'
+__version__ = '1.2.17a1'