diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b36205d..405f28a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-/libevent-2.0.13-stable.tar.gz
-/libevent-2.0.14-stable.tar.gz
+/libevent-2.0.17-stable.tar.gz
diff --git a/libevent.spec b/libevent.spec
index af10868..f116fa0 100644
--- a/libevent.spec
+++ b/libevent.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           libevent
-Version:        2.0.14
+Version:        2.0.17
 Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Abstract asynchronous event notification library
 
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_docdir}/%{name}-devel-%{version}/sample
 %{_docdir}/%{name}-devel-%{version}/sample/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 12 2012 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 2.0.17-1
+- Updated to latest stable upstream version: 2.0.17-stable
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.14-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9e87223..34b2336 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 cac0f379da35d3b98f83ac16fcfe1df4  libevent-2.0.14-stable.tar.gz
+dad64aaaaff16b5fbec25160c06fee9a  libevent-2.0.17-stable.tar.gz