diff --git a/Markdown.pl b/Markdown.pl
index 9ffc3fd..c15c7e6 100755
--- a/Markdown.pl
+++ b/Markdown.pl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BEGIN {*COPYRIGHT =
 Copyright (C) 2015,2016,2017,2018 Kyle J. McKay
 All rights reserved.
 ";
-*VERSION = \"1.1.7-PRE"
+*VERSION = \"1.1.7"
 }
 
 require Exporter;
@@ -2604,6 +2604,8 @@ Z<> See the F<README> file for detailed release notes for this version.
 
 =over
 
+=item Z<> 1.1.7 - 14 Feb 2018
+
 =item Z<> 1.1.6 - 03 Jan 2018
 
 =item Z<> 1.1.5 - 07 Dec 2017
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8dbf5c8..b2e0a12 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Markdown
 ========
 
-Version 1.1.6
+Version 1.1.7
 
 John Gruber  
 Kyle J. McKay
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ Markdown.pl source code for more information.
 Version History
 ---------------
 
+1.1.7 (14 Feb 2018):
+
+* Markdown.pl: _PrefixURL more intelligently
+
+
 1.1.6 (03 Jan 2018):
 
 * Markdown.pl: be more flexible parsing backticks-delimited code blocks