diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 536c1f9862..deeed68396 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # QOwnNotes Changelog
 
+## 17.02.6
+- the maximum tag nesting level of the html preview was increased from 16 to 32
+  to allow more levels of list items than six
+  (for [Issue #473](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/473))
+
 ## 17.02.5
 - you can now show a custom action in the note text edit context menu
     - for more information please take a look at the
diff --git a/src/build_number.h b/src/build_number.h
index 66957e85f5..c6d78cd01e 100644
--- a/src/build_number.h
+++ b/src/build_number.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define BUILD 313
+#define BUILD 314
diff --git a/src/entities/note.cpp b/src/entities/note.cpp
index c92a14edfc..1d8d2604fe 100644
--- a/src/entities/note.cpp
+++ b/src/entities/note.cpp
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ bool Note::removeNoteFile() {
 QString Note::toMarkdownHtml(QString notesPath, int maxImageWidth,
                              bool forExport, bool decrypt, bool base64Images) {
     hoedown_renderer *renderer =
-            hoedown_html_renderer_new(HOEDOWN_HTML_USE_XHTML, 16);
+            hoedown_html_renderer_new(HOEDOWN_HTML_USE_XHTML, 32);
 
     // we want to show quotes in the html, so we don't translate them into
     // `<q>` tags
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ QString Note::toMarkdownHtml(QString notesPath, int maxImageWidth,
     hoedown_extensions extensions =
             (hoedown_extensions) ((HOEDOWN_EXT_BLOCK | HOEDOWN_EXT_SPAN |
                     HOEDOWN_EXT_MATH_EXPLICIT) & ~HOEDOWN_EXT_QUOTE);
-    hoedown_document *document = hoedown_document_new(renderer, extensions, 16);
+    hoedown_document *document = hoedown_document_new(renderer, extensions, 32);
 
     // get the decrypted note text (or the normal note text if there isn't any)
     QString str = decrypt ? getDecryptedNoteText() : noteText;
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index cc99189e79..8934137d17 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "17.02.5"
+#define VERSION "17.02.6"