diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87b8e78ff1..2b164292e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set(OCE_VERSION_MINOR 17)
 # (uncomment following line)
 set(OCE_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 #  Empty for official releases, set to -dev, -rc1, etc for development releases
-set(OCE_VERSION_DEVEL -dev)
+set(OCE_VERSION_DEVEL)
 
 # bugfix release: add ${OCE_VERSION_PATCH} to OCE_VERSION
 set(OCE_VERSION ${OCE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OCE_VERSION_MINOR}${OCE_VERSION_DEVEL})
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cfc4fbfe17..b17b8a9bf5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+### Version 0.17.1 - January 2016
+
+This version is binary compatible with 0CE 0.17.
+
+* Mingw64 (5.2.0) and Mingw32 (4.8.1, 4.9.3) fixes
+
+* OCE_USE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME advanced option to use static version of the
+MSVC run-time library
+
+* Revert change in HLR inverted flag
+
+* Fix nmake build
+
+* Patch from setting correct tolerance.
+
+* Replace gp_Ax1 reference with direct value. Fixes #559
+
+* VS2015 fix
+
+* Fix for static building on MSVC
+
+* New oce-win-bundle handling
+
+* ppc64le fix
+
+* Build OCE and run tests on appveyor.com service.
+
+Users who contributed to this release:
+  Jacob Abel, Ali Kämäräinen, Denis Barbier, Benjamin Bilher,
+  Rajeev Jain, Sergio L. Pascual, Thomas Paviot, QbProg,
+  Jeremy Wright
+
 ### Version 0.17 - March 2015
 
 This version is not binary compatible with OCE 0.16, OCE_ABI_SOVERSION
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd59820c00..37a3545593 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-Travis-CI:
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tpaviot/oce.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tpaviot/oce)
 Appveyor:
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/ff5s1jjpao8kf2c4?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tpaviot/oce)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/tpaviot/oce](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/tpaviot/oce?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
 ## About
 
-[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/tpaviot/oce](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/tpaviot/oce?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
-
 oce is a C++ 3D modeling library. It can be used to develop CAD/CAM softwares, for instance [FreeCad](http://www.freecadweb.org/) or [IfcOpenShell](http://www.ifcopenshell.org/).
 
 oce stands for **o**pencascade **c**ommunity **e**dition. This project aims at gathering patches/ changes/ improvements from the OCC community over the latest release (currently OCCT 6.8.0). Official OCCT documentation and sources are available at http://www.opencascade.org/, you can also theck their development portal at http://dev.opencascade.org. 
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ oce stands for **o**pencascade **c**ommunity **e**dition. This project aims at g
 
 You can download source code as well as precompiled binaries for windows at:
 
-**[oce-0.17](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17)** (March 2015)
+**[oce-0.17.1](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17.1)** (January 2016)
 
 ## OCE history
 
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ Below are listed all the oce release since the beginning of the project, the OCC
 
 | OCE release number | ABI Change | OCE release date | OCCT version |
 | ------------- | ------------- |  ------------- |------------- |
+| [0.17.1](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17.1)  | No | January 2016 | 6.8.0 |
 | [0.17](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.17)  | Yes | March 2015 | 6.8.0 |
 | [0.16.1](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.16.1) | No | November 2014 | 6.7.1 |
 | [0.16](https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases/tag/OCE-0.16) | Yes | July 2014 | 6.7.1 |