diff --git a/package/vala/vala-0.15.2-dont-add-dirty-to-valac-version.patch b/package/vala/vala-dont-add-dirty-to-valac-version.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/vala/vala-0.15.2-dont-add-dirty-to-valac-version.patch
rename to package/vala/vala-dont-add-dirty-to-valac-version.patch
diff --git a/package/vala/vala.mk b/package/vala/vala.mk
index 7c0ea9ffe8..984043cf13 100644
--- a/package/vala/vala.mk
+++ b/package/vala/vala.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-VALA_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.15
-VALA_VERSION_MINOR = 2
+VALA_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.17
+VALA_VERSION_MINOR = 6
 VALA_VERSION = $(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR).$(VALA_VERSION_MINOR)
 VALA_SITE = http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/$(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR)
 VALA_SOURCE = vala-$(VALA_VERSION).tar.xz