diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ffb528..e5f93cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 # PACKAGE_VERSION is used by cpack scripts currently
 # Both thrift_VERSION and PACKAGE_VERSION should be the same for now
-set(thrift_VERSION "0.16.0")
+set(thrift_VERSION "0.17.0")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${thrift_VERSION})
 
 project("thrift" VERSION ${PACKAGE_VERSION})