diff --git a/templates/sqlite/template b/templates/sqlite/template
index 46b0e8b1651..b7c5a7782dc 100644
--- a/templates/sqlite/template
+++ b/templates/sqlite/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
-version=3.6.15
+version=3.6.17
 distfiles="http://sqlite.org/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_env="CPPFLAGS=-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 LIBS=-ldl"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-tcl --enable-load-extension --enable-threadsafe
  --enable-threads-override-locks --enable-cross-thread-connections"
 short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=7c904cee3c4fa642d32389ff937f85741a0fc15417da7958cc21b94d37bdaea3
+checksum=490385689cf8113499a9f66bd96f64824b597ba77be54dd7a0fdf744483a2ef8
 long_desc="
  SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs
  that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without