diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 17df84aa957b0f7de99a293122413ae853dce608..09b86498c45f2a3ed5b425f010ff52864194a113 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.16.1",
+  "version": "3.17.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 6046526a673290bcde17ba5def9c57af8cf96894..671aaba7a9538cb242b30021d033f15ea42eb89a 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.16.1");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.17.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index e240df4a7eda18ef04c4a472f21837358a5baaa1..c3586a6098ce73608e78a5936c804fd555fd9954 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.16.1",
+  "version": "3.17.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index d80f437b08f04d1917bda697a7d878b36c8ef059..8fac4214d20c3aa8cc9dec6f1be609e8ea735df3 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.16.1")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.17.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();