diff --git a/lib/linguist/version.rb b/lib/linguist/version.rb
index 2acc8fab..3540174f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/version.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Linguist
-  VERSION = "4.8.16"
+  VERSION = "4.8.17"
 end