diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 197ce33d..930df8b0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 ## (current master)
 - All new development should target Julia 0.7!
 
+## 0.17.4
+- fix thickness_scaling for pyplot
+
 ## 0.17.3
 - Log-scale heatmap edge computation
 - Fix size and dpi for GR and PyPlot
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 625d6d77..7ad523fd 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.3"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.4"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)