diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index fcd03ac..b6b6517 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
 license          'All rights reserved'
 description      'Installs/Configures monasca_notification'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.16'
+version          '0.1.17'
 depends          'python'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index a8982c6..7514c83 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include_recipe 'python'
 end
 
 python_pip 'monasca-notification' do
-  action :install
+  action :upgrade
 end
 
 group node[:monasca_notification][:group] do