diff --git a/.gx/lastpubver b/.gx/lastpubver
index b871ac5a2..f58387a91 100644
--- a/.gx/lastpubver
+++ b/.gx/lastpubver
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.17-rc1: Qma5pGQ9ugGoeAbND8RKPohYfZDyaivSCfRQraKkW8Gu4Y
+0.4.17: QmebqVUQQqQFhg74FtQFszUJo22Vpr3e8qBAkvvV4ho9HH
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2a78f616..0b4aee39c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # go-ipfs changelog
 
-## 0.4.17-rc1 2018-07-20
+## 0.4.17 2018-07-27
 
-Ipfs 0.4.17 is a quick release to fix two important bugs:
-
-1. A major performance regression in bitswap (mostly affecting go-ipfs ->
-   js-ipfs transfers).
-2. A bug resolving files in sharded directories with the gateway.
-
-However, while motivated by those fixes, it contains a few other goodies that
-will excite some users.
+Ipfs 0.4.17 is a quick release to fix a major performance regression in bitswap
+(mostly affecting go-ipfs -> js-ipfs transfers). However, while motivated by
+this fix, this release contains a few other goodies that will excite some users.
 
 The headline feature in this release is [urlstore][] support. Urlstore is a
 generalization of the filestore backend that can fetch file blocks from remote
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b29239ea..0c49a0e34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -551,6 +551,6 @@
   "language": "go",
   "license": "MIT",
   "name": "go-ipfs",
-  "version": "0.4.17-rc1"
+  "version": "0.4.17"
 }
 
diff --git a/repo/config/version.go b/repo/config/version.go
index 153ea3314..7bf90a4ef 100644
--- a/repo/config/version.go
+++ b/repo/config/version.go
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ package config
 var CurrentCommit string
 
 // CurrentVersionNumber is the current application's version literal
-const CurrentVersionNumber = "0.4.17-rc1"
+const CurrentVersionNumber = "0.4.17"
 
 const ApiVersion = "/go-ipfs/" + CurrentVersionNumber + "/"