diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 58b3971e6..78d5e0eb6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
 project(OpenBLAS)
 set(OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
 set(OpenBLAS_MINOR_VERSION 2)
-set(OpenBLAS_PATCH_VERSION 16)
+set(OpenBLAS_PATCH_VERSION 17)
 set(OpenBLAS_VERSION "${OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OpenBLAS_MINOR_VERSION}.${OpenBLAS_PATCH_VERSION}")
 
 enable_language(ASM)
diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index c285a70a4..8a1c19b8d 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 OpenBLAS ChangeLog
+====================================================================
+Version 0.2.16
+20-Mar-2016
+common:
+	* Enable BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED=1 by default.
+
 ====================================================================
 Version 0.2.16
 15-Mar-2016
diff --git a/Makefile.rule b/Makefile.rule
index fe4219aab..0758a48a8 100644
--- a/Makefile.rule
+++ b/Makefile.rule
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 # This library's version
-VERSION = 0.2.16
+VERSION = 0.2.17
 
 # If you set the suffix, the library name will be libopenblas_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).a
 # and libopenblas_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).so. Meanwhile, the soname in shared library
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ VERSION = 0.2.16
 # NO_LAPACKE = 1
 
 # Build LAPACK Deprecated functions since LAPACK 3.6.0
-# BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED = 1
+BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED = 1
 
 # If you want to use legacy threaded Level 3 implementation.
 # USE_SIMPLE_THREADED_LEVEL3 = 1