diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 08346eb..c0997aa 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "libdeflate"]
 	path = libdeflate
 	url = git@github.com:ebiggers/libdeflate.git
-	branch = tags/v1.16
+	branch = tags/v1.17
diff --git a/libdeflate b/libdeflate
index 7e11d50..bd925ae 160000
--- a/libdeflate
+++ b/libdeflate
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7e11d509789df468151b52f7ed64ca4e566996c4
+Subproject commit bd925ae68e99f65d69f20181cb845aaba5c8f098
diff --git a/libdeflate.nim b/libdeflate.nim
index f7bb137..00a396d 100644
--- a/libdeflate.nim
+++ b/libdeflate.nim
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ else:
 
 const
   LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MAJOR* = 1
-  LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR* = 16
-  LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING* = "1.16"
+  LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR* = 17
+  LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING* = "1.17"
 
 type
   libdeflate_result* = enum