diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 692de0403a..7936922d8e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-06  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: bumped version number to 2.1.7.
+
 2004-10-06  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* tools/pdbgen/lib.pl: put subsequent deprecated prototypes into
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a03b0b913c..8981727152 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 
 m4_define([gimp_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([gimp_minor_version], [1])
-m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [6])
+m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [7])
 m4_define([gimp_real_version],
           [gimp_major_version.gimp_minor_version.gimp_micro_version])
 m4_define([gimp_version], [gimp_real_version])