diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ea52ac163..2407c1556 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ver 0.18 (2012/??/??)
   - new option "tags" may be used to disable sending tags to output
 * improved decoder/output error reporting
 
-ver 0.17.2 (2012/??/??)
+ver 0.17.2 (2012/09/30)
 * protocol:
   - fix crash in local file check
 * decoder: