diff --git a/helpers/make-ubuntu-release-upgrader b/helpers/make-ubuntu-release-upgrader
index 93af108..148fb7f 100644
--- a/helpers/make-ubuntu-release-upgrader
+++ b/helpers/make-ubuntu-release-upgrader
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Also, don't forget to update the meta-release files at archive and packages.t.i
 # The "obsoletes" list from ubuntu has been removed
 
-VERSION=16.7
+VERSION=17
 
 . ./config
 # Previous upstream release name, update for each release.
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ MR-FILE
 apply_patch_changes
 
 # Modify build-scripts
-sed -i "s|DIST=.*|DIST=$CODENAME|" DistUpgrade/build-dist.sh
+sed -i "s|DIST=.*|DIST=$CODENAME|" DistUpgrade/build-dist.sh DistUpgrade/build-tarball.sh
 sed -i "s|MAINTAINER=.*|MAINTAINER=\"$DEBFULLNAME <$DEBEMAIL>\"|" DistUpgrade/build-dist.sh
 
 #NOTE: In order to run build-dist.sh it is required: