diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4fc780285..b194a34cb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+3.17.2
+======
+* Honor default value for click method setting [Rui; #746290]
+* Add X11/wayland clipboard interoperation [Carlos; #738312]
+* Misc. bug fixes [Rui; #749076, #749711]
+
+Contributors:
+  Carlos Garnacho, Rui Matos, Jasper St. Pierre
+
 3.17.1
 ======
 * Add public method to get neighboring monitor [Florian; #633994]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 135445e73..7cb832b68 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
 m4_define([mutter_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([mutter_minor_version], [17])
-m4_define([mutter_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([mutter_micro_version], [2])
 
 m4_define([mutter_version],
           [mutter_major_version.mutter_minor_version.mutter_micro_version])