diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index e8007ee6ed4..1b1e5c6b7e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
-version=3.7.16.2
+version=3.7.17
 revision=1
 wrksrc=sqlite
 create_wrksrc=yes
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.sqlite.org"
 license="Public Domain"
-_amalgamationver=3071602
+_amalgamationver=3071700
 distfiles="http://www.sqlite.org/2013/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1d7e6937c19fc5de1c0cdb392638296e4a6d8b158001dbb421e257dfb6f088db
+checksum=8ff46d0baa9e64c0815544e829e985f1161c096aa6344c8f430791dbeadc2baf
 
 do_configure() {
 	export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 \
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 sqlite-devel_package() {
 	depends="readline-devel sqlite>=${version}"
-	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sqlite-devel_package() {
 
 sqlite-tcl_package() {
 	depends="sqlite>=$version tcl"
-	short_desc+=" -- TCL bindings"
+	short_desc+=" - TCL bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/sqlite*"
 	}