diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
index 04c06a5958..37845447dd 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libass"
-PKG_VERSION="0.17.0"
-PKG_SHA256="971e2e1db59d440f88516dcd1187108419a370e64863f70687da599fdf66cc1a"
+PKG_VERSION="0.17.1"
+PKG_SHA256="f0da0bbfba476c16ae3e1cfd862256d30915911f7abaa1b16ce62ee653192784"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libass/libass"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"