diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 3f97f93d26..078a9f3360 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -8952,7 +8952,7 @@ if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
     SetVersion ($DBversion);
 }
 
-$DBversion = "3.17.00.XXX";
+$DBversion = "3.17.00.044";
 if ( C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion) ) {
     $dbh->do(q{
         INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences
diff --git a/kohaversion.pl b/kohaversion.pl
index 46c4afadf6..d16eef2b99 100644
--- a/kohaversion.pl
+++ b/kohaversion.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the kohaversion is divided in 4 parts :
 use strict;
 
 sub kohaversion {
-    our $VERSION = '3.17.00.043';
+    our $VERSION = '3.17.00.044';
     # version needs to be set this way
     # so that it can be picked up by Makefile.PL
     # during install