diff --git a/include/sound/version.h b/include/sound/version.h
index ed6fb2eb1eac210d8812bfe26016ff9dd2bbeab0..2474b8ee99f92257dffac080ca2cc7e4b45e8d2e 100644
--- a/include/sound/version.h
+++ b/include/sound/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-/* include/version.h.  Generated by alsa/ksync script.  */
-#define CONFIG_SND_VERSION "1.0.16"
+/* include/version.h */
+#define CONFIG_SND_VERSION "1.0.17rc1"
 #define CONFIG_SND_DATE ""