diff --git a/devel/libcjson/Makefile b/devel/libcjson/Makefile
index 6d0020cce8aad..5a0e276ca30d1 100644
--- a/devel/libcjson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libcjson/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libcjson
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.16
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.17
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
diff --git a/devel/libcjson/distinfo b/devel/libcjson/distinfo
index e168c7954d4af..27dc7e7d7dd1b 100644
--- a/devel/libcjson/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libcjson/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1688902003
-SHA256 (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 451131a92c55efc5457276807fc0c4c2c2707c9ee96ef90c47d68852d5384c6c
-SIZE (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 353498
+TIMESTAMP = 1708448902
+SHA256 (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.17_GH0.tar.gz) = c91d1eeb7175c50d49f6ba2a25e69b46bd05cffb798382c19bfb202e467ec51c
+SIZE (DaveGamble-cJSON-v1.7.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 353748