diff --git a/net/bird2/Makefile b/net/bird2/Makefile
index 48746bd55691..65baeacfc733 100644
--- a/net/bird2/Makefile
+++ b/net/bird2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	bird
-DISTVERSION=	2.16.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.17
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://bird.network.cz/download/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	2
diff --git a/net/bird2/distinfo b/net/bird2/distinfo
index 4283e50bc24d..836a4e570ef8 100644
--- a/net/bird2/distinfo
+++ b/net/bird2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736591788
-SHA256 (bird-2.16.1.tar.gz) = f6e59cbccaca62668aea02068724bd427b9ec449c7e0f0fc5681503988c735b4
-SIZE (bird-2.16.1.tar.gz) = 1433936
+TIMESTAMP = 1743751904
+SHA256 (bird-2.17.tar.gz) = 79bbcc77c63e9e1b7a10a48389c86f4f75b053fd3dec48e3c6cbe0df1ba81eb3
+SIZE (bird-2.17.tar.gz) = 1465739