diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94a7431..ca98569 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 /pg8000-1.16.0.tar.gz
 /pg8000-1.16.5.tar.gz
 /pg8000-1.16.6.tar.gz
+/pg8000-1.17.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-pg8000.spec b/python-pg8000.spec
index b265076..16a51e8 100644
--- a/python-pg8000.spec
+++ b/python-pg8000.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-%{?python_enable_dependency_generator}
 %global srcname pg8000
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        1.16.6
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.17.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Pure Python PostgreSQL Driver
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 pg8000 is a pure-Python PostgreSQL driver that complies with DB-API 2.0. 
-The driver communicates with the database using the PostgreSQL Backend / 
+The driver communicates with the database using the PostgreSQL Backend and 
 Frontend Protocol.
 
 %package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}
@@ -52,6 +51,9 @@ Frontend Protocol.
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 24 2021 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 1.17.0-1
+- Update to latest upstream release 1.17.0 (#1846920)
+
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.16.6-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7ffa7f7..7096e43 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pg8000-1.16.6.tar.gz) = 175cf0260bfecd9e0525171faacc75b494b06420cd1fdc05d019d5bec10ad7ace5b78e4c160a9e0a36d3ee2fe886dd309ccecf8b276a6c8620674feb5cb81f92
+SHA512 (pg8000-1.17.0.tar.gz) = c87252a04c04f89d08503b1e4e806a3f9a739b1a156ca6975b9d4fe7b3eb2de328d3003e61b564488ebcb80b3026585c58bbbed4245d339879ddc3ecd8b10397