diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index c444abd..5244320 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+v1.1.7 / 2022-02-23
+===================
+
+  * Merge pull request #398 from vaibsharma/vaibsharma/feature/speed_for_png_buffer
+  * reason for speed=3 added
+  * allow effort param for png encoding when palette is true
+
 v1.1.6 / 2022-01-28
 ===================
 
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 0be6b98..496b48a 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package bimg
 
 // Version represents the current package semantic version.
-const Version = "1.1.6"
+const Version = "1.1.7"