diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a8ddc3d2..8cd98d13e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 16)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 77)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 17)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 78)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index c85b09dcf..0d5ccfc09 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    9
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    16
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        77
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    17
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        78
 
 /* Convenience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.
  * #if OSG_MIN_VERSION_REQUIRED(2,9,5)