diff --git a/development/rust/README b/development/rust/README
index 8bb1852467..ca73567851 100644
--- a/development/rust/README
+++ b/development/rust/README
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.
 https://www.rust-lang.org
 
 This will build rust from source, which requires using the "official" stage0
-compiler for the version being built from rust-lang.org. Currently, "official"
-means the previous stable version.
+compiler for the version being built from rust-lang.org, which is currently
+the previous stable version.
 
 If you already have rust and cargo installed, this slackbuild will use these to
 bootstrap itself.
diff --git a/development/rust/rust.SlackBuild b/development/rust/rust.SlackBuild
index 08543c000a..3e2c7c11ba 100644
--- a/development/rust/rust.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/rust/rust.SlackBuild
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=rust
-SRCNAM="$PRGNAM"c
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.16.0}
-RSTAGE0_VERSION=${RSTAGE0_VERSION:-1.15.1}
-RSTAGE0_DIR=${RSTAGE0_DIR:-2017-02-09}
+SRCNAM="${PRGNAM}c"
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17.0}
+RSTAGE0_VERSION=${RSTAGE0_VERSION:-1.16.0}
+RSTAGE0_DIR=${RSTAGE0_DIR:-2017-03-11}
 CSTAGE0_VERSION=${CSTAGE0_VERSION:-nightly}
-CSTAGE0_DIR=${CSTAGE0_DIR:-6e0c18cccc8b0c06fba8a8d76486f81a792fb420}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+CSTAGE0_DIR=${CSTAGE0_DIR:-6b05583d71f982bcad049b9fa094c637c062e751}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/development/rust/rust.info b/development/rust/rust.info
index eeedf83b9b..fab0dd6388 100644
--- a/development/rust/rust.info
+++ b/development/rust/rust.info
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PRGNAM="rust"
-VERSION="1.16.0"
+VERSION="1.17.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.rust-lang.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.16.0-src.tar.gz \
-          https://s3.amazonaws.com/rust-lang-ci/cargo-builds/6e0c18cccc8b0c06fba8a8d76486f81a792fb420/cargo-nightly-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-          https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-02-09/rust-std-1.15.1-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-          https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-02-09/rustc-1.15.1-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="c11d94d9e62f71838b20058f0797357a \
-        24d4eda62991bfbaecb3a6d1e09df143 \
-        ee62d3b9e1c17d1e87c1bf0578eab3f9 \
-        523c90836120f3388d7c7a1eaa4df6ab"
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.16.0-src.tar.gz \
-                 https://s3.amazonaws.com/rust-lang-ci/cargo-builds/6e0c18cccc8b0c06fba8a8d76486f81a792fb420/cargo-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-                 https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-02-09/rust-std-1.15.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
-                 https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-02-09/rustc-1.15.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="c11d94d9e62f71838b20058f0797357a \
-               ad2b513d591f35271f1041e2e04f484c \
-               da2469eacf2a079563d6d7e6f5319efa \
-               6d01f429917fa6b7053054e6b5cba138"
+DOWNLOAD="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.17.0-src.tar.gz \
+          https://s3.amazonaws.com/rust-lang-ci/cargo-builds/6b05583d71f982bcad049b9fa094c637c062e751/cargo-nightly-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
+          https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-03-11/rust-std-1.16.0-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
+          https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-03-11/rustc-1.16.0-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2cba8948591084acdcb78d02914faa80 \
+        b0071feb51150f7498f60cbddf2d0c44 \
+        2944870b1626d1c059718c1c461a946f \
+        9059260e519f602f73148097670984a6"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.17.0-src.tar.gz \
+                 https://s3.amazonaws.com/rust-lang-ci/cargo-builds/6b05583d71f982bcad049b9fa094c637c062e751/cargo-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
+                 https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-03-11/rust-std-1.16.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
+                 https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-03-11/rustc-1.16.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="2cba8948591084acdcb78d02914faa80 \
+               060023dd28b11b822de5b005d8e41005\
+               033c36a8dccd54f5e417dbd137cca1be\
+               b4a4b5b48c0e23b7c87687b60254df45"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Andrew Clemons"
 EMAIL="andrew.clemons@gmail.com"