diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4c47a7b4f..d68b103f3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: mlr3
 Title: Machine Learning in R - Next Generation
-Version: 0.17.1.9000
+Version: 0.17.2
 Authors@R:
   c(
     person("Michel", "Lang", , "michellang@gmail.com", role = c("cre", "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d4454a656..b8f87a482 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# mlr3 (development version)
+# mlr3 0.17.2
+
+* Skip new `data.table` tests on mac.
 
 # mlr3 0.17.1
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_parallel.R b/tests/testthat/test_parallel.R
index 6f3acdf23..0b8ed81f0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_parallel.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_parallel.R
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ test_that("parallel seed", {
 })
 
 test_that("data table threads are not changed in main session", {
+  skip_on_os("mac") # number of threads cannot be changed on mac
+
   old_dt_threads = getDTthreads()
   on.exit({
     setDTthreads(old_dt_threads)