diff --git a/download.html b/download.html
index 08d688a2e..2b918086c 100644
--- a/download.html
+++ b/download.html
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 
 <p>Remember <em>youtube-dl</em> requires <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+ to work except for Windows exe.</p>
 
-<p><a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl.exe">Windows exe</a> requires <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555">Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)</a> and does not require Python that is already embedded into the binary.</p>
+<p><a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl.exe">Windows exe</a> requires <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555">Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)</a> and does not require Python that is already embedded into the binary.</p>
 
-<h2><a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl">2018.12.09</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl.sig">sig</a>)</h2>
+<h2><a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl">2018.12.17</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl.sig">sig</a>)</h2>
 
-<p><strong>SHA256</strong>: 462f1de6a5f0fe35866c6708612de694275a5516878702da5edf3cb856bd226b</p>
+<p><strong>SHA256</strong>: c778a933f1b674107e274b4066031405ad6ceeae20461be98e54ff0eb7fa8311</p>
 
 <p>
-	<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl.exe">Windows exe</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl.exe.sig">sig</a> - SHA256 5178c893db51f46336e20348ac73cf1616f3b4c836630ee595898a40bc824cc8)<br>
-	<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl-2018.12.09.tar.gz">Full source + docs + binary tarball</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl-2018.12.09.tar.gz.sig">sig</a> - SHA256 fda38f3239094d31fc9df2433aea15b5256c6b23813b0941e81ee5987f071569)
+	<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl.exe">Windows exe</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl.exe.sig">sig</a> - SHA256 9033458baa9a166ff30e368df66b2d6e79062b337e6f02a55590c0c961b5aa5e)<br>
+	<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl-2018.12.17.tar.gz">Full source + docs + binary tarball</a> (<a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl-2018.12.17.tar.gz.sig">sig</a> - SHA256 33eb88869637a6f019252348ef470042d5bf1ee3a996736aa3bb8cc647fea4d9)
 </p>
 
 <p>To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
diff --git a/update/LATEST_VERSION b/update/LATEST_VERSION
index 0ac28a148..6663f3908 100644
--- a/update/LATEST_VERSION
+++ b/update/LATEST_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2018.12.09
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+2018.12.17
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diff --git a/update/releases.atom b/update/releases.atom
index fdce614b3..798b6d7e5 100644
--- a/update/releases.atom
+++ b/update/releases.atom
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <link rel="self" href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/releases.atom" />
     <title>youtube-dl releases</title>
     <id>https://yt-dl.org/feed/youtube-dl-updates-feed</id>
-    <updated>2018-12-09T23:13:40.003285Z</updated>
+    <updated>2018-12-17T05:39:46.165271Z</updated>
     
 	<entry>
 	    <id>https://yt-dl.org/feed/youtube-dl-updates-feed/youtube-dl-2012.02.22</id>
@@ -13130,4 +13130,19 @@
 	    <updated>2018-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
 	</entry>
 
+	<entry>
+	    <id>https://yt-dl.org/feed/youtube-dl-updates-feed/youtube-dl-2018.12.17</id>
+	    <title>New version 2018.12.17</title>
+	    <link href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl" />
+	    <content type="xhtml">
+	        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+	            Downloads available at <a href="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/">https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/</a>
+	        </div>
+	    </content>
+	    <author>
+	        <name>The youtube-dl maintainers</name>
+	    </author>
+	    <updated>2018-12-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
+	</entry>
+
 </feed>
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diff --git a/update/versions.json b/update/versions.json
index eca2b000e..5cd6c8522 100644
--- a/update/versions.json
+++ b/update/versions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "latest": "2018.12.09",
-    "signature": "92415dc026b7dde26083e2768e736f5141a85d3ef17b436a92c026361335deda35c00358c9047dfca48b4286585303d744a2b45a548ac9596815bfc3ab07b19bfa2acaa93c79a650ee4715de68c7c1916b7d3faa86fbf1ceb5e6dcfa0e979aad1ca9a206eaca0e41abe3b52602c487af7f3ceee4c078c3e79e8961ff74d94b0f",
+    "latest": "2018.12.17",
+    "signature": "1a43ee91f965704e1335efdf7b440772aa82b2c487ab75d5cc61fd0de5e1f56eade09ef8d4e352cbcc27e6e1a5d9aec0e485c34f170f3c32404a52aa89dd51d9edce02ceeb3baba74d79888861651b720bd3541c5389bb261cecf62cb117c54f0f57a13f81a6d1d2fdd69e0809c32c896e7f36471245ebe7e072b15ccc64f8d5",
     "versions": {
         "2012.02.22": {
             "bin": [
@@ -12257,6 +12257,20 @@
                 "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.09/youtube-dl-2018.12.09.tar.gz",
                 "fda38f3239094d31fc9df2433aea15b5256c6b23813b0941e81ee5987f071569"
             ]
+        },
+        "2018.12.17": {
+            "bin": [
+                "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl",
+                "c778a933f1b674107e274b4066031405ad6ceeae20461be98e54ff0eb7fa8311"
+            ],
+            "exe": [
+                "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl.exe",
+                "9033458baa9a166ff30e368df66b2d6e79062b337e6f02a55590c0c961b5aa5e"
+            ],
+            "tar": [
+                "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.12.17/youtube-dl-2018.12.17.tar.gz",
+                "33eb88869637a6f019252348ef470042d5bf1ee3a996736aa3bb8cc647fea4d9"
+            ]
         }
     }
 }
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