diff --git a/site.mk b/site.mk
index 82c90f30b0fb668ac1d9e5509c4f6005743f0e86..54c802a604018dba4b3b496fd3c55fe34e63b074 100644
--- a/site.mk
+++ b/site.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ GLUON_SITE_PACKAGES := \
 
 # Always call `make` from the command line with the desired release version!
 # otherwise this is generated:
-DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 2017.01.0~lede$(shell date '+%y%m%d%H%M')
+DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 2017.0.0~lede$(shell date '+%y%m%d%H%M')
 
 # Allow overriding the release number from the command line
 GLUON_RELEASE ?= $(DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE)