diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/Release 5.0.17beta.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/Release 5.0.17beta.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7fe63b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/Release 5.0.17beta.tid	
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+caption: 5.0.17-beta
+created: 20140830131615798
+modified: 20140902124037214
+tags: releasenote
+title: Release 5.0.17-beta
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.0.16-beta...v5.0.17-beta]]//
+
+!! Incompatible Changes
+
+
+!! Usability Improvements
+
+* 
+
+!! Hackability Improvements
+
+* 
+
+!! Bug Fixes
+
+* 
+
+!! Contributors
+
+[[@Jermolene|https://github.com/Jermolene]] would like to thank the contributors to this release who have generously given their time to help improve TiddlyWiki:
+
+* [[@BramChen|https://github.com/BramChen]]
+* [[@buggyj|https://github.com/buggyj]]
+* [[@gernert|https://github.com/gernert]]
+* [[@pmario|https://github.com/pmario]]
+* [[@xcazin|https://github.com/xcazin]]
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/ReleaseHistory.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/ReleaseHistory.tid
index ab80fcf3c..bc68faadf 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/ReleaseHistory.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/ReleaseHistory.tid
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 Here are the details of recent releases of TiddlyWiki5. See [[TiddlyWiki5 Versioning]] for details of how releases are named.
 
-<<tabs "[tag[releasenote]!sort[created]]" "Release 5.0.16-beta" "$:/state/tab2" "tc-vertical" "ReleaseHistoryTemplate">>
+<<tabs "[tag[releasenote]!sort[created]]" "Release 5.0.17-beta" "$:/state/tab2" "tc-vertical" "ReleaseHistoryTemplate">>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d810768e4..c73977700 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "tiddlywiki",
   "preferGlobal": "true",
-  "version": "5.0.16-beta",
+  "version": "5.0.17-prerelease",
   "author": "Jeremy Ruston <jeremy@jermolene.com>",
   "description": "a non-linear personal web notebook",
   "contributors": [