diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 450f8e616..fd9618e28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.8.17
+
+(not yet released)
+
 # 1.8.16
 
 ### Security fixes
diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index 79539bf9c..dab5b4946 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ep_etherpad-lite",
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.8.17",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 349810915..a509c6f1e 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -246,6 +246,6 @@
     "test": "mocha --timeout 120000 --recursive tests/backend/specs ../node_modules/ep_*/static/tests/backend/specs",
     "test-container": "mocha --timeout 5000 tests/container/specs/api"
   },
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.8.17",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }