diff --git a/net/irssi/Makefile b/net/irssi/Makefile
index 2f920498d..3fbfef115 100644
--- a/net/irssi/Makefile
+++ b/net/irssi/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irssi
-PKG_VERSION:=0.8.16
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8.17
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://irssi.org/files/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=4346119c4c000d0198cda17666ff1f06
+PKG_MD5SUM:=ecf64be47978d89a742b435a81cb47db
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1