diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3574465..011cdfa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
-2.x.x
------
+2.1.7 (2020-10-27)
+------------------
 
 - support Python 3.9
 - drop support for Python 3.5
diff --git a/src/cchardet/version.py b/src/cchardet/version.py
index da04cc3..bc6379c 100644
--- a/src/cchardet/version.py
+++ b/src/cchardet/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.1.6'
+__version__ = '2.1.7'