diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index dfa16438..c443a617 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.17.1"
+	Version = "4.17.2"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index ae1c2e05..91c4497a 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 - increment version in version.go
 - increment version in snapcraft.yaml
 - make sure local build passes
+- check manpage 
+  - ./scripts/generate-man-page-md.sh
+  - ./scripts/generate-man-page.sh
+  - man ./yq.1
 - run ./scripts/copy-docs.sh (and commit the changed in the yq-book branch)
 - commit version update changes
 - tag git with same version number
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 59325dae..79a0a036 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.17.2:
+  - Fixed manpath issue (thanks @mr-pmillz)
+  
 4.17.1:
   - Added XML support (#491)
   - New merge flag (n) to only merge new fields (#1038)
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 545cd8f4..fb683ec4 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.17.1'
+version: '4.17.2'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.