diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71a162e..93c722e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /1.62.tar.gz
 /1.65.tar.gz
 /1.66.tar.gz
+/1.71.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-ParseValues-NullPointerException-patch.patch b/0001-ParseValues-NullPointerException-patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ce87b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-ParseValues-NullPointerException-patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 2b813829d02b89206493520eb86075a43b145db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Roman Vais <rvais@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:24:24 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] ParseValues-NullPointerException-patch
+
+---
+ .../java/com/beust/jcommander/Parameterized.java   | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/Parameterized.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/Parameterized.java
+index 3264008..e937a66 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/Parameterized.java
++++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/Parameterized.java
+@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+ import java.util.Collections;
+ import java.util.List;
+ import java.util.Set;
++import java.util.logging.Level;
++import java.util.logging.Logger;
+ 
+ /**
+  * Encapsulate a field or a method annotated with @Parameter or @DynamicParameter
+@@ -180,12 +182,33 @@ public class Parameterized {
+       String fieldName = Character.toLowerCase(name.charAt(3)) + name.substring(4);
+       Object result = null;
+       try {
+-        Field field = method.getDeclaringClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
++        Field field = object.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
+         if (field != null) {
+           setFieldAccessible(field);
+           result = field.get(object);
+         }
+-      } catch(NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ex) {
++      } catch(NoSuchFieldException ex) {
++        Class<?> clazz = object.getClass();
++        Field found = null;
++        while (clazz != null && method.getDeclaringClass().isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
++          try {
++            found = clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
++          } catch (NoSuchFieldException nfex) {
++            // ignore
++          }
++          if (found != null) break;
++          clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
++        }
++        if (found != null) {
++          setFieldAccessible(found);
++          try {
++            result = found.get(object);
++          } catch (IllegalAccessException iex) {
++            // ignore
++          }
++        }
++
++      } catch(IllegalAccessException ex) {
+         // ignore
+       }
+       return result;
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/beust-jcommander.spec b/beust-jcommander.spec
index bcb39b0..9824517 100644
--- a/beust-jcommander.spec
+++ b/beust-jcommander.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           beust-jcommander
-Version:        1.66
+Version:        1.71
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Java framework for parsing command line parameters
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/cbeust/jcommander/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 # Adapted from earlier version that still shipped poms. It uses kobalt for building now
 Source1:        %{name}.pom
 
+Patch0: 0001-ParseValues-NullPointerException-patch.patch 
+
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.sonatype.oss:oss-parent:pom:)
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ This package contains the %{summary}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n jcommander-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 chmod -x license.txt
 cp -p %SOURCE1 pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +49,10 @@ sed -i 's/@VERSION@/%{version}/g' pom.xml
 %doc license.txt notice.md
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 13 2017 Roman Vais <rvais@redhat.com> - 1.71-1
+- Update to upstream version 1.71
+- Add patch for issue https://github.com/cbeust/jcommander/issues/367
+
 * Fri Mar 10 2017 Roman Vais <rvais@redhat.com> - 1.66-1
 - Update to upstream version 1.66
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7cc71ab..769d5cf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (1.66.tar.gz) = f98f3008c0a2612c4863bb901d7106b41dae74ff20c2d9b2bb40ccc5effeb30aadeb161844dd64f82492aad95b0d6613c2d00174ae6a32a472a125aeaef1e55f
+SHA512 (1.71.tar.gz) = 50424b00ee8f53870108eae8a117c92d1ae35bfd0aaba64bdcc0ae015029f81ff8bad448a4ebbd095bee32b0cab9162748a7d3ff39fce21925b5eb431e7811d0