diff --git a/package/whois/whois.hash b/package/whois/whois.hash
index 6f65074c2c..29623b529f 100644
--- a/package/whois/whois.hash
+++ b/package/whois/whois.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.2.14.dsc
-sha256	a41daf41abed0fbfa8c9c4b0e4a3f5f22d9876dd6feb9091aac12f8f4c38b0d2	whois_5.2.14.tar.xz
+# From http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170727T214450Z/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.2.17.dsc
+sha256	257585678f571e18964667b41dc6543fe9da6123ac95743660c9c3ae1eba9664	whois_5.2.17.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/whois/whois.mk b/package/whois/whois.mk
index b773499978..f22446b839 100644
--- a/package/whois/whois.mk
+++ b/package/whois/whois.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WHOIS_VERSION = 5.2.14
-WHOIS_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20161230T032015Z/pool/main/w/whois
+WHOIS_VERSION = 5.2.17
+WHOIS_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170727T214450Z/pool/main/w/whois
 WHOIS_SOURCE = whois_$(WHOIS_VERSION).tar.xz
 # take precedence over busybox implementation
 WHOIS_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox) $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)