diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 20f54ce3e7..33912606ac 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.1.7rc7 to 2.1.7:
+  - fix NameError import in the REST package (Thanayut Seethongchuen) #11485
+
+
 2.1.7rc6 to 2.1.7rc7:
   - Move site config setup from CMS_PATH to SITECONFIG_PATH (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #11481
   - Deprecate TFC override for multi-step jobs (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #11473
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index f35a2f1a9d..a924d8b20d 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.1.7rc7'
+__version__ = '2.1.7'
 __all__ = []