diff --git a/requests/__version__.py b/requests/__version__.py
index 2789e104..c32a232a 100644
--- a/requests/__version__.py
+++ b/requests/__version__.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 __title__ = 'requests'
 __description__ = 'Python HTTP for Humans.'
 __url__ = 'http://python-requests.org'
-__version__ = '2.17.0'
-__build__ = 0x021700
+__version__ = '2.17.1'
+__build__ = 0x021701
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __author_email__ = 'me@kennethreitz.org'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'