diff --git a/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
index fc81d736f6..be0192b444 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="tz"
-PKG_VERSION="2016i"
+PKG_VERSION="2017b"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="Public Domain"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.iana.org/time-zones"