diff --git a/doc/src/Manual.txt b/doc/src/Manual.txt
index bb2e1b81143c75134eb1b8f3b93921687d46e1c6..110df7b16c88602f37fe0eaa084d1bafc74c52c9 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="17 Aug 2017 version">
+<META NAME="docnumber" CONTENT="1 Sep 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
-17 Aug 2017 version :c,h4
+1 Sep 2017 version :c,h4
 
 Version info: :h4
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index ff33fa3b0688b6431dabf32829b1031ad32531cd..eaf67c28f019e07ba9cf1cfd62138fc211ff1524 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define LAMMPS_VERSION "17 Aug 2017"
+#define LAMMPS_VERSION "1 Sep 2017"