diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6882eed..31fc95b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,3 +73,4 @@
 /ibus-typing-booster-1.5.14.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-1.5.15.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-1.5.16.tar.gz
+/ibus-typing-booster-1.5.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/ibus-typing-booster.spec b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
index 461bf50..16838bd 100644
--- a/ibus-typing-booster.spec
+++ b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:       ibus-typing-booster
-Version:    1.5.16
+Version:    1.5.17
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A completion input method
 License:    GPLv3+
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ make check || cat ./tests/test-suite.log
 %{_datadir}/applications/ibus-setup-typing-booster.desktop
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 13 2017 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 1.5.17-1
+- update to 1.5.17
+- Update py-compile to current upstream version
+- Also use ＿ U+FF3F FULLWIDTH LOW LINE as a separator for emoji keywords
+- Unbreak sqlite on Python 3.6 (thanks to Jan Alexander Steffens)
+- Return immediately if _update_candidates() is called with
+  empty input (Resolves: rhbz#1413082)
+
 * Tue Jan 10 2017 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 1.5.16-1
 - update to 1.5.16
 - Remove everything following a tab (including the tab) from
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2780a2e..0610d3a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-1.5.16.tar.gz) = 692f1a3c88358d3c241a89deade694393aefb0ad28cb9cc927f96040ec3c61b9aacc30ac1f26aa217ce165a47a59b348ed7198e462984b2b3e040a492380230b
+SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-1.5.17.tar.gz) = 271aa37808805542508d1b76ed4d57d1d6a2b88bfaa021cf414d0ab43853d5ce8c6e0efc600b89fece64dcda59754a98ca8ea625c6cccb97e8adefdeffd0b37a