diff --git a/development/Cython/Cython.SlackBuild b/development/Cython/Cython.SlackBuild
index 1447085c30..2f96c5e6a5 100644
--- a/development/Cython/Cython.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/Cython/Cython.SlackBuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # New Maintainer - Nishant Limbachia <nishant _AT_ mnspace _DOT_ net> - 11/04/2011
 
 PRGNAM=Cython
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.15.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.17}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/Cython/Cython.info b/development/Cython/Cython.info
index 98567a1fe5..31ca485096 100644
--- a/development/Cython/Cython.info
+++ b/development/Cython/Cython.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="Cython"
-VERSION="0.15.1"
+VERSION="0.17"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.cython.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.cython.org/release/Cython-0.15.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="171021b3845c9ca8bd6d8185b3cde664"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.cython.org/release/Cython-0.17.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d6b669956b25babf7dd86db0a98539e4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""