diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c84c6d15d34..f0c1dd42969e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include(EthPolicy)
 eth_policy()
 
 # project name and version should be set after cmake_policy CMP0048
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "0.5.16")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "0.5.17")
 project(solidity VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION} LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(TestBigEndian)