diff --git a/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst b/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
index dfd4913a87..387e86ed38 100644
--- a/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ to read the release notes.
   ``0.15.x`` to ``0.17.x`` is not guaranteed to work.
 
 
-0.17.5b1
---------
+0.17.5
+------
 
 Bug fixes
 ^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/kalite/version.py b/kalite/version.py
index cff7770886..1d478b956d 100644
--- a/kalite/version.py
+++ b/kalite/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Must also be of the form N.N.N for internal use, where N is a non-negative integer
 MAJOR_VERSION = "0"
 MINOR_VERSION = "17"
-PATCH_VERSION = "5b1"
+PATCH_VERSION = "5"
 VERSION = "%s.%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION)
 SHORTVERSION = "%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION)