diff --git a/package/libjwt/libjwt.hash b/package/libjwt/libjwt.hash
index 47e8b2c506..adc32c3a26 100644
--- a/package/libjwt/libjwt.hash
+++ b/package/libjwt/libjwt.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  cb2fd95123689e7d209a3a8c060e02f68341c9a5ded524c0cd881a8cd20d711f  libjwt-1.15.3.tar.gz
-sha256  fab3dd6bdab226f1c08630b1dd917e11fcb4ec5e1e020e2c16f83a0a13863e85  LICENSE
+sha256  b8b257da9b64ba9075fce3a3f670ae02dee7fc95ab7009a2e1ad60905e3f8d48  libjwt-1.17.0.tar.bz2
+sha256  3f3d9e0024b1921b067d6f7f88deb4a60cbe7a78e76c64e3f1d7fc3b779b9d04  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk b/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
index 8929904d10..f143ba4b62 100644
--- a/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
+++ b/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBJWT_VERSION = 1.15.3
-LIBJWT_SITE = $(call github,benmcollins,libjwt,v$(LIBJWT_VERSION))
+LIBJWT_VERSION = 1.17.0
+LIBJWT_SITE = https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt/releases/download/v$(LIBJWT_VERSION)
+LIBJWT_SOURCE = libjwt-$(LIBJWT_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBJWT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jansson
-LIBJWT_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBJWT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBJWT_LICENSE = MPL-2.0
 LIBJWT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE