diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 1e57a8c9f..2b5f2c107 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libass (0.17.1)
+ * Fix buffer overread if soft-wrapping occurred and
+   ASS_FEATURE_WHOLE_TEXT_LAYOUT was enabled via API or due to Encoding -1
+   (bug introduced in 0.16.0)
+ * x86: detect GNU Hurd and configure NASM appropriately
+
 libass (0.17.0)
  * Fix various parts relating to automatic linebreaking
  * Fix rendering when hinting was enabled and fontsizes or scales are zero
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61c06bdfb..a4b017c3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alph
 
 Get it
 ======
-See [GitHub releases](https://github.com/libass/libass/releases) for the latest release 0.17.0 (released 2022-11-30).
+See [GitHub releases](https://github.com/libass/libass/releases) for the latest release 0.17.1 (released 2023-02-26).
 See the [changelog](https://github.com/libass/libass/blob/master/Changelog) for a detailed list of changes.
 
 Source code is available from our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/libass/libass).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2b1fdc73..640ff5dfe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(libass, 0.17.0)
+AC_INIT(libass, 0.17.1)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 LT_INIT
diff --git a/libass/Makefile_library.am b/libass/Makefile_library.am
index 2b0dd7405..8d0ac3acf 100644
--- a/libass/Makefile_library.am
+++ b/libass/Makefile_library.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LIBASS_LT_CURRENT = 11
-LIBASS_LT_REVISION = 0
+LIBASS_LT_REVISION = 1
 LIBASS_LT_AGE = 2
 
 nasm_verbose = $(nasm_verbose_$(V))
diff --git a/libass/ass.h b/libass/ass.h
index b7b1663f4..05d97fb7d 100644
--- a/libass/ass.h
+++ b/libass/ass.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "ass_types.h"
 
-#define LIBASS_VERSION 0x01700000
+#define LIBASS_VERSION 0x01701000
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {