diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index b859c739d1..4ba53e8d09 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-echo "#define VERSION \"0.11cvs-"`date -r CVS/Entries +%y%m%d-%H:%M`"\"" >version.h
+echo "#define VERSION \"0.17cvs-"`date -r CVS/Entries +%y%m%d-%H:%M`"\"" >version.h