diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a460ddfe..3dd0db30 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.2 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/Txxxx
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.1 (2022-03-06)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -5,7 +11,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.1 (2022-03-06)
 
  [c=C37/A26/R0 cpp=C20/A14/R0 qt=C15/A0/R0]
 
- Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5819
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5872
 
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.17.0 (2022-02-07)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 43b18f60..43256093 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gpgme])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
 m4_define([mym4_minor], [17])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [1])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [2])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a