diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01a8f6e0..151d06b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the future development of Gluon.
 
 Please refrain from using the `master` branch for anything else but development purposes!
 Use the most recent release instead. You can list all relaseses by running `git tag`
-and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.6 && make update`.
+and switch to one by running `git checkout v2017.1 && make update`.
 
 If you're using the autoupdater, do not autoupdate nodes with anything but releases.
 If you upgrade using random master commits the nodes *will break* eventually.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 59b5be81..450fefef 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ copyright = '2015-2017, Project Gluon'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2016.2+'
+version = '2017.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2016.2+'
+release = '2017.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/site-example/site.conf b/docs/site-example/site.conf
index b6513489..793fce0b 100644
--- a/docs/site-example/site.conf
+++ b/docs/site-example/site.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- This is an example site configuration for Gluon v2016.2+
+-- This is an example site configuration for Gluon v2017.1
 --
 -- Take a look at the documentation located at
 -- http://gluon.readthedocs.org/ for details.
diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
index 5fa8750d..1330bd91 100644
--- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gluon's releases are managed using `Git tags`_. If you are just getting
 started with Gluon we recommend to use the latest stable release of Gluon.
 
 Take a look at the `list of gluon releases`_ and notice the latest release,
-e.g. *v2016.2.6*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it
+e.g. *v2017.1*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it
 as a Zip archive as the archive will be missing version information.
 
 Please keep in mind that there is no "default Gluon" build; a site configuration
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images
 -------------------
 
 To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the
-version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.6*.
+version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2017.1*.
 
 ::