diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
index 81685ea9c69..c30eb3a9d66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-YAML/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'perl-YAML'
 pkgname=perl-YAML
-version=1.16
+version=1.17
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/YAML"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/YAML/YAML-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8cf9bc5695d9a228370581d2d9be05dba994fd20b6f63a36de5fdd76efab5b88
+checksum=a05d657d6cb1f17b00bd3151f53495d5f366a71bb1c96e11289c451c0062f25d