diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 443c9db..c0cc34a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ codesets.library - Library for handling different codesets
 $Id$
 $URL$
 
+#### 6.17 RELEASE ########################################################
+
+2014-01-26 Jens Maus <mail@jens-maus.de>
+
+  * misc: final 6.17 release preparations.
+
 2014-01-18 Jens Maus <mail@jens-maus.de>
 
   * codesets_table.h: fixed a bug in the AmigaPL<>UTF8 conversion routines
diff --git a/dist/codesets/ReadMe b/dist/codesets/ReadMe
index 87e8f94..2ae99f0 100755
--- a/dist/codesets/ReadMe
+++ b/dist/codesets/ReadMe
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Short:    Library handling codesets and character conversions
 Author:   codesets.library Open Source Team
 Uploader: Jens Maus <mail@jens-maus.de>
 Type:     util/libs
-Version:  6.16
-Replaces: util/libs/codesets-6.15.lha
+Version:  6.17
+Replaces: util/libs/codesets-6.16.lha
 Requires: AmigaOS 3.0+, MorphOS or AROS
 Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0; m68k-amigaos >= 3.0; ppc-morphos >= 1.4.2; i386-aros; ppc-aros; x86_64-aros
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index c1d47cf..d1aaae2 100755
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 
 // for setting all necessary version information
 #define LIB_VERSION    6
-#define LIB_REVISION   16
-#define LIB_DATE       "13.12.2013"
+#define LIB_REVISION   17
+#define LIB_DATE       "26.01.2014"
 #define LIB_COPYRIGHT  "Copyright (C) 2005-2014 codesets.library Open Source Team"
 
 // set the LIB_REV_STRING