diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e49db3d10337f9e67149fc81de0b0ff0084bf6a6..97141bd4d34940e281f1b460756dad6781b4c7fb 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func GetConfigurationFileBytes(chainId, moniker, seeds string, chainImageName st
 	erisdbChain := &ConfigChainGeneral{
 		AssertChainId:       chainId,
 		ErisdbMajorVersion:  uint8(0),
-		ErisdbMinorVersion:  uint8(16),
+		ErisdbMinorVersion:  uint8(17),
 		GenesisRelativePath: "genesis.json",
 	}
 	chainConsensusModule := &ConfigChainModule{
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func GetConfigurationFileBytes(chainId, moniker, seeds string, chainImageName st
 	chainApplicationManagerModule := &ConfigChainModule{
 		Name:               "erismint",
 		MajorVersion:       uint8(0),
-		MinorVersion:       uint8(16),
+		MinorVersion:       uint8(17),
 		ModuleRelativeRoot: "erismint",
 	}
 	tendermintModule := &ConfigTendermint{
diff --git a/config/templates.go b/config/templates.go
index 27372813daa38d25aac68b3b7619090eb155abeb..433d8c8adec8e5c4ab05f695cc4e829ebebd9ea8 100644
--- a/config/templates.go
+++ b/config/templates.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ const sectionErisMint = `
 ################################################################################
 ##
 ## Eris-Mint
-## version 0.16
+## version 0.17
 ##
 ## The original Ethereum virtual machine with IAVL merkle trees
 ## and tendermint/go-wire encoding
diff --git a/core/config.go b/core/config.go
index 9090c28ae91fa7fa79ffaaa997b71afec47672b3..eb4813956c40f0e7a4d0b1782bd64945d63d20bb 100644
--- a/core/config.go
+++ b/core/config.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func LoadModuleConfig(conf *viper.Viper, rootWorkDir, rootDataDir,
 	minorVersionString := version.MakeMinorVersionString(moduleName, majorVersion,
 		minorVersion, 0)
 	if !assertValidModule(module, moduleName, minorVersionString) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s module %s (%s) is not supported by %s",
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reading config: %s module %s (%s) is not supported by %s",
 			module, moduleName, minorVersionString, version.GetVersionString())
 	}
 	// set up the directory structure for the module inside the data directory
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/version.go b/manager/eris-mint/version.go
index 734e5cea30254f5e501a9b2461644eced8033e84..c6346e93728e883cfb7330e43ab003c397e8535a 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/version.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/version.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	// Major version component of the current release
 	erisMintVersionMajor = 0
 	// Minor version component of the current release
-	erisMintVersionMinor = 16
+	erisMintVersionMinor = 17
 	// Patch version component of the current release
 	erisMintVersionPatch = 0
 )
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
index 84fcaeb7997c7b31cc45843d65a1fde9785963c9..06f3520e1dfb8ceb4edeaf7ae42eb01f204bedef 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var defaultConfig = `# Copyright 2017 Monax Industries Limited
 assert_chain_id = "MyChainId"
 # semantic major and minor version
 major_version = 0
-minor_version = 12
+minor_version = 17
 # genesis file, relative path is to eris-db working directory
 genesis_file = "genesis.json"
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ genesis_file = "genesis.json"
   # version is the major and minor semantic version;
   # the version will be asserted on
   major_version = 0
-  minor_version = 16
+  minor_version = 17
   # relative path to application manager root folder
   relative_root = "erismint"
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ private_validator_file = "priv_validator.json"
 ################################################################################
 ##
 ## Eris-Mint
-## version 0.16.0
+## version 0.17.0
 ##
 ## The original Ethereum virtual machine with IAVL merkle trees
 ## and tendermint/go-wire encoding
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 103c787d173a6f9b82a8aad73fd90a1266e7ad56..876fab2719a00bce042e11cfc6e94de5e4437b27 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 	// Major version component of the current release
 	erisVersionMajor = 0
 	// Minor version component of the current release
-	erisVersionMinor = 16
+	erisVersionMinor = 17
 	// Patch version component of the current release
 	erisVersionPatch = 0
 )
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ func (version *VersionIdentifier) MatchesMinorVersion(
 
 // IMPORTANT: Eris-DB version must be on the last line of this file for
 // the deployment script tests/build_tool.sh to pick up the right label.
-const VERSION = "0.16.0"
+const VERSION = "0.17.0"