diff --git a/package/libass/libass.hash b/package/libass/libass.hash
index beb7639b1f..bf9b8251d7 100644
--- a/package/libass/libass.hash
+++ b/package/libass/libass.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  971e2e1db59d440f88516dcd1187108419a370e64863f70687da599fdf66cc1a  libass-0.17.0.tar.xz
+sha256  f0da0bbfba476c16ae3e1cfd862256d30915911f7abaa1b16ce62ee653192784  libass-0.17.1.tar.xz
 sha256  f7e30699d02798351e7f839e3d3bfeb29ce65e44efa7735c225464c4fd7dfe9c  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libass/libass.mk b/package/libass/libass.mk
index 1cc8310312..8b14c899c4 100644
--- a/package/libass/libass.mk
+++ b/package/libass/libass.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBASS_VERSION = 0.17.0
+LIBASS_VERSION = 0.17.1
 LIBASS_SOURCE = libass-$(LIBASS_VERSION).tar.xz
 # Do not use the github helper here, the generated tarball is *NOT*
 # the same as the one uploaded by upstream for the release.