diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a81dfcc..50673f7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.17.6] - 2019-08-22
+
+### Fixes
+- 3d96b17: Fixed periodic stop-the-world pauses for systems with large heaps.
+
 ## [1.17.5] - 2019-08-22
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96bd944f..a78e753d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 </p>
 <p align="center">
 <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/tile38/shared_invite/enQtMzQ0OTEwMDUxMzc5LTc0NTJjZmM3YjFhOGZiZGU2NDNjOWEwM2Q5ZWE3MzFiYWZkZDIyN2U2ZmUzZDBmODU0MjI1ZjQ0N2Y1M2I1NTg"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-channel-orange.svg" alt="Slack Channel"></a>
-<a href="https://github.com/tidwall/tile38/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.17.5-green.svg?" alt="Version"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/tidwall/tile38/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.17.6-green.svg?" alt="Version"></a>
 <a href="https://travis-ci.org/tidwall/tile38"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/tidwall/tile38.svg?branch=master" alt="Build Status"></a>
 <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/tile38/tile38"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-ready-blue.svg" alt="Docker Ready"></a>
 </p>
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 76217c55..afc9243e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 OD="$(pwd)"
 
-VERSION=1.17.5
+VERSION=1.17.6
 PROTECTED_MODE="no"
 
 # Hardcode some values to the core package