diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
index fd84bc2ae3a..cb2605729bc 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ COMMENT =	optimized library for DEFLATE/zlib/gzip (de)compression
 
 GH_ACCOUNT =	ebiggers
 GH_PROJECT =	libdeflate
-GH_TAGNAME =	v1.16
+GH_TAGNAME =	v1.17
 
 SHARED_LIBS =	deflate	0.0
 
diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
index 7eb338d2def..e12eef48ea6 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (libdeflate-1.16.tar.gz) = 4wESiubD4lemmEi66JtbaLt/bmXRZak+9t0QcHnmft0=
-SIZE (libdeflate-1.16.tar.gz) = 183793
+SHA256 (libdeflate-1.17.tar.gz) = +kYVr2cVE/oqU9wueon/UCeS4r38BGhp7zUWD8w3N2M=
+SIZE (libdeflate-1.17.tar.gz) = 184121