diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 547338b36..ababa1caa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.4.16 -->
-## [v4.4.16](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.16) (2019-05-15)
+<!-- latest_release 4.4.17 -->
+## [v4.4.17](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.17) (2019-05-15)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Add codeclimate to our pipeline [#4044](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4044) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
+- Make the postgres resource more defensive [#4037](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4037) ([alexpop](https://github.com/alexpop))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.3.2 -->
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - Add inspec-*-bin to the plugin filter list [#4018](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4018) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.3.5 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Make the postgres resource more defensive [#4037](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4037) ([alexpop](https://github.com/alexpop)) <!-- 4.4.17 -->
 - Add codeclimate to our pipeline [#4044](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4044) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.16 -->
 - Emergency test fixes! [#4066](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4066) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.15 -->
 - Remove more magic comments [#4050](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4050) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.14 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4e91350dc..b3b727274 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.16
\ No newline at end of file
+4.4.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 05cd7c698..d29303002 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)
-  VERSION = '4.4.16'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.17'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index a089529d8..6fb9a1298 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '4.4.16'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.17'.freeze
 end