diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index faffaad..f07b9c9 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 # KBase Groups Service release notes
 
-## 0.1.8
+## 0.1.7
 
 * The MongoDB clients have been updated to the most recent version.
 * Added the ``mongo-retrywrites`` configuration setting in ``deploy.cfg``, defaulting to
   ``false``.
-
-## 0.1.7
-
 * The build tool has been switched from Ant to Gradle.
 
 ## 0.1.6
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/kbase/groups/service/api/Root.java b/src/main/java/us/kbase/groups/service/api/Root.java
index 6191837..c93c269 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/kbase/groups/service/api/Root.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/kbase/groups/service/api/Root.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class Root {
 	//TODO ZLATER ROOT add configurable contact email or link
 	//TODO ZLATER swagger
 	
-	private static final String VERSION = "0.1.8";
+	private static final String VERSION = "0.1.7";
 	private static final String SERVER_NAME = "Groups service";
 	
 	/** Return the root information.
diff --git a/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/groups/service/api/RootTest.java b/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/groups/service/api/RootTest.java
index 0a9af72..f5d9aa0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/groups/service/api/RootTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/us/kbase/test/groups/service/api/RootTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 public class RootTest {
 	
-	public static final String SERVER_VER = "0.1.8";
+	public static final String SERVER_VER = "0.1.7";
 	private static final String GIT_ERR = 
 			"Missing git commit file gitcommit, should be in us.kbase.groups";