diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 56f40e70..3fcdaaf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### Version 0.17.1
+ - Remove VC++ download requirement for Windows users
+
 ### Version 0.17.0
  - [SEMVER_MAJOR] Bump minimum required rustc version to 1.19.0
  - [SEMVER_MINOR] Oxipng will now, by default, attempt to change all transparent pixels to `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` to improve compression.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7907a252..2b152f2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [root]
 name = "oxipng"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.17.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-vec 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "byteorder 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 821b744c..a3f275b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/shssoichiro/oxipng"
 license = "MIT"
 name = "oxipng"
 repository = "https://github.com/shssoichiro/oxipng"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.17.1"
 
 [lib]
 name = "oxipng"