diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
index 2dd0af782ce..71d1973f2ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'fonttools'
 pkgname=fonttools
-version=4.8.1
-revision=3
+version=4.17.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-setuptools"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
 license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=735a48467b1973a3e09bb2144d45ce82683fbe891dc1be70ef7fbcdc6054e6d0
+checksum=89e17920b2d5dce39fb538a4cc65c797a9bf604a481408a1a9a677e3e98f37a4
 replaces="python-fonttools>=0 python3-fonttools>=0"
 provides="python-fonttools-${version}_${revision} python3-fonttools-${version}_${revision}"