diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f6361f14..15b0be2b 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ author = 'Craig Warren and Antonis Giannopoulos'
 # The short X.Y version.
 # Read version number from gprMax/gprMax.py
 #version = re.search('^__version__\s*=\s*\'(.*)\'', open('../../gprMax/gprMax.py').read(), re.M).group(1)
-version = '3.0.0b16'
+version = '3.0.0b17'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version + '(Bowmore)'
 
diff --git a/gprMax/gprMax.py b/gprMax/gprMax.py
index 1c3f37c0..20d79444 100644
--- a/gprMax/gprMax.py
+++ b/gprMax/gprMax.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 """gprMax.gprMax: provides entry point main()."""
 
 # Set the version number here
-__version__ = '3.0.0b16'
+__version__ = '3.0.0b17'
 versionname = ' (Bowmore)'
 
 import argparse, datetime, importlib, itertools, os, psutil, sys