diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
index fd61c51d2ecd..16d63a8e4c0d 100644
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 # Also update devel/libgit2, devel/libgit2-glib, devel/rubygem-rugged
 
 PORTNAME=	pygit2
-PORTVERSION=	1.16.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.17.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mfechner@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for libgit2
 WWW=		https://www.pygit2.org \
 		https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.4.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libgit2.so:devel/libgit2
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libgit2.so.1.9:devel/libgit2
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.4.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/pygit2/_*git2*.so \
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo b/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
index cbcc78c93ed1..d1afa8a2622e 100644
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729661599
-SHA256 (pygit2-1.16.0.tar.gz) = 7b29a6796baa15fc89d443ac8d51775411d9b1e5b06dc40d458c56c8576b48a2
-SIZE (pygit2-1.16.0.tar.gz) = 768597
+TIMESTAMP = 1745384106
+SHA256 (pygit2-1.17.0.tar.gz) = fa2bc050b2c2d3e73b54d6d541c792178561a344f07e409f532d5bb97ac7b894
+SIZE (pygit2-1.17.0.tar.gz) = 769002