diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7cea175d2..369845695 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+3.17.1
+======
+* Add Display Settings entry to background menu [Meet; #697346]
+* Add window menu option to move to different monitor [Isaac; #633994]
+* Improve switch style in default/highContrast themes [Jakub; #746294, #747912]
+* Make event highlight in calendar more prominent [Jakub; #747715]
+* Fix keyboard focus when focusing a notification banner [Florian; #747205]
+* Move notification banners below the dateMenu [Meet, Florian; #745910]
+* Misc. bug fixes [Mario, Rui; #748338, #748541]
+
+Contributors:
+  Isaac Ge, Rui Matos, Florian Müllner, Meet Parikh, Mario Sanchez Prada,
+  Jakub Steiner, Jasper St. Pierre
+
+Translations:
+  Sveinn í Felli [is], Marek Černocký [cs], laurent Soleil [oc]
+
 3.16.1
 ======
 * gdm: Move long session chooser menus to the side [Florian; #734352]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bf82316f6..c34332ff3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.16.1],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.17.1],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_systemd)
 CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION=1.21.5
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_MIN_VERSION=0.10.1
 GJS_MIN_VERSION=1.39.0
-MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.16.1
+MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.17.1
 GTK_MIN_VERSION=3.15.0
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.37.0
 LIBECAL_MIN_VERSION=3.5.3