diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 2cbfc26..6dc3894 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pygobject-2.16.1.tar.bz2
+pygobject-2.17.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/pygobject2-2.16.1-fix-classic-class-crash.patch b/pygobject2-2.16.1-fix-classic-class-crash.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dedbc1..0000000
--- a/pygobject2-2.16.1-fix-classic-class-crash.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -up pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/gobjectmodule.c.fix-classic-class-crash pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/gobjectmodule.c
---- pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/gobjectmodule.c.fix-classic-class-crash	2009-02-20 16:48:29.000000000 -0500
-+++ pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/gobjectmodule.c	2009-04-22 16:23:21.000000000 -0400
-@@ -1079,16 +1079,20 @@ pyg_type_add_interfaces(PyTypeObject *cl
- 
-     for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(bases); ++i) {
-         guint k;
--        PyTypeObject *base = (PyTypeObject *) PyTuple_GET_ITEM(bases, i);
-+        PyObject *base = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(bases, i);
-         GType itype;
-         gboolean is_new = TRUE;
-         const GInterfaceInfo *iinfo;
-         GInterfaceInfo iinfo_copy;
- 
--        if (!PyType_IsSubtype(base, &PyGInterface_Type))
-+        /* 'base' can also be a PyClassObject, see bug #566571. */
-+        if (!PyType_Check(base))
-             continue;
- 
--        itype = pyg_type_from_object((PyObject *) base);
-+        if (!PyType_IsSubtype((PyTypeObject*) base, &PyGInterface_Type))
-+            continue;
-+
-+        itype = pyg_type_from_object(base);
- 
-         /* Happens for _implementations_ of an interface. */
-         if (!G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE(itype))
-@@ -1109,7 +1113,7 @@ pyg_type_add_interfaces(PyTypeObject *cl
-             gchar *error;
-             error = g_strdup_printf("Interface type %s "
-                                     "has no Python implementation support",
--                                    base->tp_name);
-+                                    ((PyTypeObject *) base)->tp_name);
-             PyErr_Warn(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, error);
-             g_free(error);
-             continue;
diff --git a/pygobject2.spec b/pygobject2.spec
index d0158f7..1f955f8 100644
--- a/pygobject2.spec
+++ b/pygobject2.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
-# Last updated for version 2.16.0
+# Last updated for version 2.17.0
 %define glib2_version           2.16.0
 %define python2_version         2.3.5
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 ### Abstract ###
 
 Name: pygobject2
-Version: 2.16.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 2.17.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: Development/Languages
 Summary: Python bindings for GObject
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ URL: http://www.pygtk.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 Source: pygobject-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
-### Patches ###
-
-# GNOME bug #566571
-Patch1: pygobject2-2.16.1-fix-classic-class-crash.patch
-
 ### Build Dependencies ###
 
 BuildRequires: automake
@@ -70,7 +65,6 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pygobject-%{version}
-%patch1 -p1 -b .fix-classic-class-crash
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-thread
@@ -125,6 +119,10 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/pygobject/xsl
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 30 2009 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com> - 2.17.1-1.fc12
+- Update to 2.17.0
+- Remove patch for GNOME bug #566571 (fixed upstream).
+
 * Wed Apr 22 2009 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com> - 2.16.1-4.fc11
 - Add patch for GNOME bug #566571 (classic vs new-style inheritance crash).
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a342abd..3c14ab0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8e26f2572e6b72dbd2591677055f8d30  pygobject-2.16.1.tar.bz2
+0ff7f166cb6b41b89ddf2d7e156e6360  pygobject-2.17.0.tar.bz2