diff --git a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
index 798b13da..379666d3 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian/buildppa.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # For the kio: (and kdesdk?)
 # sudo apt-get install pkg-kde-tools  cdbs
 
-RCLVERS=1.16.2
+RCLVERS=1.17.0
 PPAVERS=1
 
 case $RCLVERS in
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debiankio/changelog b/packaging/debian/debiankio/changelog
index b9baedb2..66fc576e 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debiankio/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debiankio/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+kio-recoll (1.17.0-0~ppa1~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+  * Updated package to recoll version 1.17.0
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:05:00 +0200
+
 kio-recoll (1.16.2-0~ppa1~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
   * Updated package to recoll version 1.16.2
  -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:57:00 +0200
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debianrclqt4/changelog b/packaging/debian/debianrclqt4/changelog
index c0657777..fd095fb4 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debianrclqt4/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debianrclqt4/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+recoll (1.17.0-0~ppa1~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+  * Updated package to recoll version 1.17.0
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Mon, 18 Mar 2012 16:50:00 +0200
+
 recoll (1.16.2-0~ppa1~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
   * Updated package to recoll version 1.16.2
  -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:50:00 +0200
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/kio_recoll.spec b/packaging/rpm/kio_recoll.spec
index 8aee238a..38626e3e 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/kio_recoll.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/kio_recoll.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name kio_recoll
-%define version 1.16.2
+%define version 1.17.0
 %define release 0
 
 Name:           %{name}
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 18 2012 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.17.0-0
+- 1.17.0
 * Mon May 02 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.2-0
 - 1.16.2
 * Mon May 02 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.15.8-0
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec b/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
index f3919048..d68e3bf1 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name recoll
-%define version 1.16.2
+%define version 1.17.0
 %define release 0
 
 Name:           %{name}
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 18 2012 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.17.0-0
+- Update to release 1.17.0
 * Mon Nov 07 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.2-0
-- Update to release 1.15.8
+- Update to release 1.16.2
 * Mon May 02 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.15.8-0
 - Update to release 1.15.8
 * Fri Mar 04 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.15.5-0
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/recollfedora10+.spec b/packaging/rpm/recollfedora10+.spec
index bd7fc650..8bf1a043 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/recollfedora10+.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/recollfedora10+.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Name:           recoll
-Version:        1.16.1
+Version:        1.17.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Desktop full text search tool with a qt gui
 
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://www.recoll.org/
-Source0:        http://www.recoll.org/recoll-1.16.1.tar.gz 
+Source0:        http://www.recoll.org/recoll-1.17.0.tar.gz 
 
-BuildRequires:  qt-devel xapian-core-devel zlib-devel desktop-file-utils
+BuildRequires:  qt-devel qt-webkit-devel xapian-core-devel zlib-devel desktop-file-utils
 
 %description
 Recoll is a personal full text search package for Linux, FreeBSD and
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %doc
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 18 2012  J.F. Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.17.9-1
+- updated to release 1.16.1
 * Wed Sep 28 2011  J.F. Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.1-1
 - updated to release 1.16.1
 * Wed Sep 21 2011  J.F. Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.0-1
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/recollmdk.spec b/packaging/rpm/recollmdk.spec
index 80365070..c75850d1 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/recollmdk.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/recollmdk.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name recoll
-%define version 1.16.2
+%define version 1.17.0
 %define release  %mkrel 1
 
 Name:           %{name}
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 18 2012 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.17.0-1
+- Update to release 1.17.0
 * Mon Nov 07 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.2-1
 - Update to release 1.16.2
 * Wed Sep 28 2011 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.16.1-1