diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fbb24291..a04d0d29 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ exec ${guile} -L . --no-auto-compile -e '(configure)' -s "$0" ${1+"$@"}
 
 (define *shell* "sh")
 (define PACKAGE "mes")
-(define VERSION "0.16.1")
+(define VERSION "0.17")
 
 ;;; Utility
 (define (logf port string . rest)
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ Some influential environment variables:
                              (make-dep "guix" '(0 13) #:optional? #t)
                              (make-dep "bash" '(2 0) #:optional? #t)
                              (make-dep "guile-tools" '(2 0))
-                             (make-dep "mes-seed" '(0 16 1) #:optional? #t
+                             (make-dep "mes-seed" '(0 17) #:optional? #t
                                        #:commands (list (string-append mes-seed "/refresh.sh"))
                                        #:file-name mes-seed)
-                             (make-dep "tinycc-seed" '(0 16) #:optional? #t
+                             (make-dep "tinycc-seed" '(0 17) #:optional? #t
                                        #:commands (list (string-append tinycc-seed "/refresh.sh"))
                                        #:file-name tinycc-seed)
                              (make-dep "cc" '(2 95) #:commands '("gcc"))
diff --git a/guix/git/mes.scm b/guix/git/mes.scm
index 918ffbaf..c4ee1b20 100644
--- a/guix/git/mes.scm
+++ b/guix/git/mes.scm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ hex2 linker.")
 
 (define-public mes
   (let ((triplet "i686-unknown-linux-gnu")
-        (version "0.16.1"))
+        (version "0.17"))
     (package
       (name "mes")
       (version version)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Guile-] Scheme interpreter prototype in C and a Nyacc-based C compiler in
       (license gpl3+))))
 
 (define-public mes.git
- (let ((version "0.16.1")
+ (let ((version "0.17")
         (revision "0")
         (commit (read-string (open-pipe "git show HEAD | head -1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2" OPEN_READ))))
     (package