diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 125f4cf825..9dffb26e6c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 16)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 17)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2024)
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 5ef26f5576..06fcd4774d 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * network protocol versioning
  */
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70237;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70238;
 
 //! initial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;