diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index fd6d5ccbc41..133099b5253 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=2.0.16
+version=2.0.17
 wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
 distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=a578c7bcaf3bab1cc7924bd4d219f2ea621ab8c51dfc4f886e234b6ef4d38295
+checksum=51735d1241f9f6d2d6465d8abc76f7511764f6de7d81026120c629612296faa6
 long_desc="
  The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
  when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout