diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index d1f9c2f3f575..7652551a1fc4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@ extern long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 extern const struct export_operations cifs_export_ops;
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT */
 
-#define CIFS_VERSION   "2.16"
+#define CIFS_VERSION   "2.17"
 #endif				/* _CIFSFS_H */