diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 31656bc..4d71674 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 
 # Version to install
-gitea_version: 1.15.6
+gitea_version: 1.17.1
 # URL to the binary
 gitea_bin_url: https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64
 # sha256 of the binary
-gitea_bin_sha256: 1b7473b5993e07b33fec58edbc1a90f15f040759ca4647e97317c33d5dfe58be
+gitea_bin_sha256: eafd476ee2a303d758448314272add00898d045439ab0d353ff4286c5e63496f
 # Handle updates. If set to false, ansible will only install
 # Gitea and then won't touch an existing installation
 gitea_manage_upgrade: True