diff --git a/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.hash b/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.hash
index 84a787eeba..4e90ae722e 100644
--- a/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.hash
+++ b/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally generated
-sha256  ea48cedafbf43186f4a8d1afc99b33b671adee99519658446022e6f63bd9eda9  darkhttpd-1.15.tar.gz
-sha256  1ecf63e8f84fd60ac7215e04195b9a61dcb47176ea65df26547582027f6c1dee  COPYING
+sha256  4fee9927e2d8bb0a302f0dd62f9ff1e075748fa9f5162c9481a7a58b41462b56  darkhttpd-1.17.tar.gz
+sha256  b1e109687717a71d7f65355b0ec9f61aa02263c3cf66e23f7b33e6f9abdbce5f  COPYING
diff --git a/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.mk b/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.mk
index 956ef4042c..ca8495f5c4 100644
--- a/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.mk
+++ b/package/darkhttpd/darkhttpd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DARKHTTPD_VERSION = 1.15
+DARKHTTPD_VERSION = 1.17
 DARKHTTPD_SITE = $(call github,emikulic,darkhttpd,v$(DARKHTTPD_VERSION))
 DARKHTTPD_LICENSE = ISC
 DARKHTTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING