diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a39c748e..66f12baa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 ---
 ## (current master)
 
+## 0.17.2
+- fix single subplot in plotly
+- implement `(xyz)lims = :round`
+- PyPlot: fix bg_legend = invisible()
+- set fallback tick specification for axes with discrete values
+- restructure of show methods
+
 ## 0.17.1
 - Fix contour for PGFPlots
 - 32Bit fix: Int64 -> Int
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index d582e672..5a5a6cdd 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"0.17.1"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.2"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)