diff --git a/share/man/man1/gpo.1 b/share/man/man1/gpo.1
index 20e0a71..3255e03 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/gpo.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/gpo.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH GPO "1" "September 2024" "gpodder 4.17.0" "User Commands"
+.TH GPO "1" "September 2024" "gpodder 4.17.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 gpo \- gPodder command-line interface
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/src/gpodder/__init__.py b/src/gpodder/__init__.py
index c217e07..01103e1 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gpodder/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # This metadata block gets parsed by setup.py - use single quotes only
 __tagline__ = 'Media and podcast aggregator'
 __author__ = 'Thomas Perl <thp@gpodder.org>'
-__version__ = '4.17.0'
+__version__ = '4.17.1'
 __date__ = '2024-09-10'
 __relname__ = 'Achva'
 __copyright__ = '© 2005-2024 Thomas Perl and the gPodder Team'
diff --git a/src/gpodder/util.py b/src/gpodder/util.py
index 8e2ebc3..fe54302 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/util.py
+++ b/src/gpodder/util.py
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ def sanitize_filename(filename, max_length=0, use_ascii=False):
     but use only characters from the ASCII character set.
     """
     if not isinstance(filename, str):
-        rasie Exception('filename is not a string')
+        raise Exception('filename is not a string')
 
     if max_length > 0 and len(filename) > max_length:
         logger.info('Limiting file/folder name "%s" to %d characters.', filename, max_length)