diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
index 70d272187837..fd9fe0bdfbfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-web.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 let configFile = writeText "riot-config.json" conf; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name= "riot-web-${version}";
-  version = "0.16.5";
+  version = "0.17.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v${version}/riot-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1b82d82pfv4kjdxghc8y78zwmnc89hi7arvql2bx0zyfhzxj6drl";
+    sha256 = "1ffbwz7wp1xhfv8a5nhrhw97nl5ybf0j97dkk2sy9cdlribzxs04";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''