diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7c8b1b45..101aeeda5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.18.16 -->
-## [v4.18.16](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.16) (2019-10-29)
+<!-- latest_release 4.18.17 -->
+## [v4.18.17](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.18.17) (2019-10-30)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Fixed the rest of the minitest deprecations by removing FuncTestRunResult. [#4628](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4628) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
-- Create a user &#39;normal&#39; and use it to run tests. Also bundle caching. [#4626](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4626) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- bumped the windows tests again [#4649](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4649) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.18.0 -->
 ### Changes since 4.18.0 release
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- bumped the windows tests again [#4649](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4649) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.17 -->
 - Fixed the rest of the minitest deprecations by removing FuncTestRunResult. [#4628](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4628) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.16 -->
 - Create a user &#39;normal&#39; and use it to run tests. Also bundle caching. [#4626](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4626) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.15 -->
 - Fix a crash from users resource if the password has never been updated [#4635](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4635) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.18.12 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bd95d0742..c851ada9b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.18.16
\ No newline at end of file
+4.18.17
\ 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 2d1d742fd..1f9796ac1 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 = "4.18.16".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.17".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 105833116..413d94327 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.18.16".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.18.17".freeze
 end