diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9753b6a..c34fc81 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ convert compressed audio files to WAV files.
 Version History
 ---------------
 
+2.1.7
+  Properly close some filehandles in the FFmpeg backend (thanks to
+  @RyanMarcus).
+
 2.1.6
   Fix a "no such process" crash in the FFmpeg backend on Windows Subsystem for
   Linux (thanks to @llamasoft).
diff --git a/audioread/version.py b/audioread/version.py
index cdef150..86b6688 100644
--- a/audioread/version.py
+++ b/audioread/version.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 """Version data for the audioread package."""
 
-version = '2.1.6'
+version = '2.1.7'
 short_version = '2.1'