diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 86588949..a460ddfe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.1 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.1 (2022-03-06)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+ * qt: Fix a bug in the ABI compatibility of 1.17.0.  [T5834]
+
+ [c=C37/A26/R0 cpp=C20/A14/R0 qt=C15/A0/R0]
+
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5819
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.0 (2022-02-07)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f6d4b50e..43b18f60 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ LIBGPGMEPP_LT_CURRENT=20
 LIBGPGMEPP_LT_AGE=14
 LIBGPGMEPP_LT_REVISION=0
 
-LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=14
-LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=7
+LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=15
+LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=0
 LIBQGPGME_LT_REVISION=0
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