diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 614f636..6d9ebf3 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.4.0beta16 - November 17, 2006
+Libpng 1.4.0beta17 - December 8, 2006
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -9,27 +9,27 @@
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
 "configure" script
 
-   1.4.0beta16.tar.gz
-   1.4.0beta16.tar.bz2
+   1.4.0beta17.tar.gz
+   1.4.0beta17.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) without the
 "configure" script
 
-   1.4.0beta16-no-config.tar.gz
-   1.4.0beta16-no-config.tar.bz2
+   1.4.0beta17-no-config.tar.gz
+   1.4.0beta17-no-config.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
 "configure" script
 
-   lp140b16.zip
-   lp140b16.tar.bz2
+   lp140b17.zip
+   lp140b17.tar.bz2
 
 Other information:
 
-   1.4.0beta16-README.txt
-   1.4.0beta16-KNOWNBUGS.txt
-   1.4.0beta16-LICENSE.txt
-   1.4.0beta16-Y2K-compliance.txt
+   1.4.0beta17-README.txt
+   1.4.0beta17-KNOWNBUGS.txt
+   1.4.0beta17-LICENSE.txt
+   1.4.0beta17-Y2K-compliance.txt
 
 Changes since the last public release (1.2.10):
 
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@
 version 1.4.0beta16 [November 17, 2006]
   Added a typecast in png_zalloc().
 
+version 1.4.0beta17 [December 8, 2006]
+  Changed "new_key[79] = '\0';" to "(*new_key)[79] = '\0';" in pngwutil.c
+
 version 1.4.0betaN [future]
   Build shared libraries with -lz and sometimes -lm.