diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 077170d286..5686f27a6d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
 #: major, minor, patch version for Spack, in a tuple
-spack_version_info = (0, 16, 3)
+spack_version_info = (0, 17, 0)
 
 #: String containing Spack version joined with .'s
 spack_version = '.'.join(str(v) for v in spack_version_info)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/tutorial.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/tutorial.py
index e45d75b6f3..7db451fdbb 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/tutorial.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/tutorial.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 # tutorial configuration parameters
-tutorial_branch = "releases/v0.16"
+tutorial_branch = "releases/v%d.%d" % spack.spack_version_info[:2]
 tutorial_mirror = "file:///mirror"
 tutorial_key    = os.path.join(spack.paths.share_path, "keys", "tutorial.pub")