diff --git a/gnu/packages/wget.scm b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
index f4ccb66d91..d8a7bea48e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages wget)
 (define-public wget
   (package
     (name "wget")
-    (version "1.16.3")
+    (version "1.17.1")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ (define-public wget
                           version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0dzv5xf9qxc2bp4cyifmaghh3h464wbm73xiwcrvckf1ynqbgxv7"))))
+        "1jcpvl5sxb2ag8yahpy370c5jlfb097a21k2mhsidh4wxdhrnmgy"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)