diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
index 0123babe4b..1fad2163c8 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-sha256  05cb5fdf1ea33fcba719580b31a97feaa019c4a3050563e88bc3b34675e6fed4  openvpn-2.6.16.tar.gz
+sha256  4cc8e63f710d3001493b13d8a32cf22a214d5e4f71dd37d93831e2fd3208b370  openvpn-2.6.17.tar.gz
 sha256  edaef632cbb643e4e7a221717a6c441a4c1a7c918e6e4d56debc3d8739b233f6  COPYRIGHT.GPL
diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
index 0175c51d63..9740374bee 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.6.16
+OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.6.17
 OPENVPN_SITE = https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases
 OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libcap-ng
 OPENVPN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0