diff --git a/paramiko/_version.py b/paramiko/_version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/paramiko/_version.py
+++ b/paramiko/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (1, 16, 0)
+__version_info__ = (1, 17, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
Prep for <I> release