diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75dada97aee70d7eb9e125d1f445a43f393967fe..046260750e38045a85fbe9b0bb7d87b697afced7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 # v2.7.17
+
+* bugfix for `satella.processes.call_and_return_stdout`
+ regarding encoding handling
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diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index 358feca10b123c079eea659029084c10ffb9c28d..b76685754a2814b6d462887becb8801200f5f0fa 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.7.17_a1'
+__version__ = '2.7.17'