diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.16.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.17.0.bb
similarity index 94%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.16.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.17.0.bb
index 6befd31b88..c052239cbf 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libass/libass_0.17.0.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a42532a0684420bdb15556c3cdd49a75"
 DEPENDS = "fontconfig freetype fribidi harfbuzz"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libass/libass.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
-SRCREV = "1af6240c5d1e499326146e0b88c987e626b13c23"
+SRCREV = "bef4b43ef1882b77f789f611d9cd24271ccdd65b"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig