diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 62d1b4331..baef8bec5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+Release 1.17.2 (2019-01-31 Bryce Harrington <bryce@bryceharrington.org>)
+========================================================================
+This snapshot provides the new support for writing floating point
+formats as 16 bpc PNGs, with support for RGBA128F and RGB96F formats.
+This new feature increases Cairo's pixman version requirement to 0.36.0.
+
+Beyond this are a range of bugfixes and some work on establishing CI for
+Cairo.
+
+For a complete log of changes, please see
+
+    https://cairographics.org/releases/ChangeLog.1.17.2
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+None
+
+Dependency Changes
+------------------
+pixman 0.36.0
+
+
 Release 1.16.0 (2018-10-19 Bryce Harrington <bryce@bryceharrington.org>)
 ========================================================================
 This new stable release incorporates a number of improvements made in
@@ -19,7 +41,6 @@ For a complete log of changes, please see
 
     https://cairographics.org/releases/ChangeLog.1.16.0
 
-
 Features and Enhancements
 -------------------------
 * Add support for OpenGL ES 3.0 to the gl backend.
@@ -175,7 +196,7 @@ legitimate problems found and fixed.
 
 For a complete log of changes, please see
 
-    https://cairographics.org/releases/ChangeLog.1.15.12
+    https://cairographics.org/releases/ChangeLog.1.15.14
 
 Features and Enhancements
 -------------------------
diff --git a/cairo-version.h b/cairo-version.h
index d0bc86796..890ff5890 100644
--- a/cairo-version.h
+++ b/cairo-version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 #define CAIRO_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CAIRO_VERSION_MINOR 17
-#define CAIRO_VERSION_MICRO 1
+#define CAIRO_VERSION_MICRO 2
 
 #endif