diff --git a/commands/new.go b/commands/new.go
index 42644d7f6f1..87a6a6410df 100644
--- a/commands/new.go
+++ b/commands/new.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ description = ""
 homepage = "http://example.com/"
 tags = []
 features = []
-min_version = "0.116.0"
+min_version = "0.117.0"
 
 [author]
   name = ""
diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 762734fcd1e..abb63aea1fe 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ var CurrentVersion = Version{
 	Major:      0,
 	Minor:      117,
 	PatchLevel: 0,
-	Suffix:     "-DEV",
+	Suffix:     "",
 }