diff --git a/doc/src/Manual.txt b/doc/src/Manual.txt
index 303e951fabbc65a9904e5af9f1b589c39e8234c7..c31ec1758799000049c2825da2c413a2790002c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/Manual.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Manual.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- HTML_ONLY -->
 <HEAD>
 <TITLE>LAMMPS Users Manual</TITLE>
-<META NAME="docnumber" CONTENT="22 Sep 2017 version">
+<META NAME="docnumber" CONTENT="23 Oct 2017 version">
 <META NAME="author" CONTENT="http://lammps.sandia.gov - Sandia National Laboratories">
 <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  This software and manual is distributed under the GNU General Public License.">
 </HEAD>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 <H1></H1>
 
 LAMMPS Documentation :c,h3
-22 Sep 2017 version :c,h4
+23 Oct 2017 version :c,h4
 
 Version info: :h4
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 0c4c4fda625cf8737092e1d15ed289d6e5052016..f9abe92ee4508bbce82c2a97e54bb566d673dad5 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define LAMMPS_VERSION "22 Sep 2017"
+#define LAMMPS_VERSION "23 Oct 2017"