diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4b92eb1..5f24a1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-v1.3.17dev1 (Dec 21, 2021)
+v1.3.17rc1 (Jan 05, 2022)
+* debian: Add systemd .service [Will Thompson]
+* Update TODO file to specify branch work that needs to be completed [Samir Hussain]
+* Correct a typo in the man page xl2tpd.conf(5) [Samy Mahmoudi]
+* xl2tpd-control: fix typo in usage [Yousong Zhou]
+* Updating debian changelog description [Samir Hussain]
+* control: Fix branch of Vcs-Git [Samuel Thibault]
+* upload [Samuel Thibault]
+* Drop unused lintian warning that produces a lintian error [Samuel Thibault]
+* Update xl2tpd.doc to use README.md [Samir Hussain]
+* Drop patch that cannot be applied any more [Samuel Thibault]
+* Bump debhelper from 10 to 12 [Samuel Thibault]
+* control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0 [Samuel Thibault]
+* Really move changes to patch series [Samuel Thibault]
+* Move c0cce208e4a5 to patch series [Samuel Thibault]
+* upload [Samuel Thibault]
+* Close bug [Samuel Thibault]
+* Use https URL. [Samuel Thibault]
 
 v1.3.16 (October 23, 2020)
 * Re-add braces for if-else that have only statement [Samir Hussain]
diff --git a/Makefile.ver b/Makefile.ver
index 2603156..2d3c359 100644
--- a/Makefile.ver
+++ b/Makefile.ver
@@ -1 +1 @@
-XL2TPDVERSION=1.3.17dev1
+XL2TPDVERSION=1.3.17rc1
diff --git a/l2tp.h b/l2tp.h
index 0d6bd4b..a05f392 100644
--- a/l2tp.h
+++ b/l2tp.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long _u64;
 #define CONTROL_PIPE_REQ_LNS_REMOVE 'w'     /* Get status of LNS */
 
 #define BINARY "xl2tpd"
-#define SERVER_VERSION "xl2tpd-1.3.17dev1"
+#define SERVER_VERSION "xl2tpd-1.3.17rc1"
 #define VENDOR_NAME "xelerance.com"
 #ifndef PPPD
 #define PPPD		"/usr/sbin/pppd"
diff --git a/packaging/fedora/xl2tpd.spec b/packaging/fedora/xl2tpd.spec
index c0c6b57..579f20e 100644
--- a/packaging/fedora/xl2tpd.spec
+++ b/packaging/fedora/xl2tpd.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon (RFC 2661)
 Name: xl2tpd
-Version: 1.3.17dev1
+Version: 1.3.17rc1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Url: http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/
diff --git a/packaging/openwrt/Makefile b/packaging/openwrt/Makefile
index a3dddcc..2c22042 100644
--- a/packaging/openwrt/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/openwrt/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xl2tpd
-PKG_VERSION:=1.3.17dev1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.3.17rc1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MD5SUM:=ab5656eb5a3d1973f7f69b039675332e-NEEDSUPDATING
 
diff --git a/packaging/suse/sles10.spec b/packaging/suse/sles10.spec
index ec07c9b..35f3d67 100644
--- a/packaging/suse/sles10.spec
+++ b/packaging/suse/sles10.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon (RFC 2661)
 Name: xl2tpd
-Version: 1.3.17dev1
+Version: 1.3.17rc1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Url: http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/
diff --git a/packaging/suse/xl2tpd.spec b/packaging/suse/xl2tpd.spec
index f8f2c24..a59793e 100644
--- a/packaging/suse/xl2tpd.spec
+++ b/packaging/suse/xl2tpd.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %define rundir /run
 %endif
 Name:           xl2tpd
-Version: 1.3.17dev1
+Version: 1.3.17rc1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon (RFC 2661)
 License:        GPL-2.0-only