diff --git a/devel/notcurses/Makefile b/devel/notcurses/Makefile
index 475072b4eec9..6fa7dd04a9c4 100644
--- a/devel/notcurses/Makefile
+++ b/devel/notcurses/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	notcurses
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	${ABIVERSION}.3.15
+DISTVERSION=	${ABIVERSION}.3.17
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/:docs
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-doc-${DISTVERSION}.tar.gz:docs
 
 MAINTAINER=	nickblack@linux.com
 COMMENT=	TUI library for modern terminal emulators
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavformat.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libqrcodegen.so:graphics/qr-code-generator \
 		libunistring.so:devel/libunistring
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++17-lang localbase \
 		ncurses:port pkgconfig readline
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dankamongmen
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTING USE_PANDOC
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 PLIST_SUB=	REL_VER=${DISTVERSION} ABI_VER=${ABIVERSION}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 ABIVERSION=	2
 
 post-patch-DOCS-off:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|install(FILES $${MARKDOWN} DESTINATION $${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})|#install(FILES $${MARKDOWN} DESTINATION $${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 
 post-install-MANPAGES-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1 ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man3
 	# we don't want to install e.g. "notcurses-x.x.1"
 	${FIND} ${WRKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname \*.1 -execdir ${INSTALL_MAN} {} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1 \;
 	${FIND} ${WRKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname \*.3 -execdir ${INSTALL_MAN} {} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man3 \;
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/notcurses/distinfo b/devel/notcurses/distinfo
index 9436cf42ab00..90040f07504a 100644
--- a/devel/notcurses/distinfo
+++ b/devel/notcurses/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1629346931
-SHA256 (notcurses-doc-2.3.15.tar.gz) = 91e8a555989e575181a2ca198d69f3e7ab9804a71981f4b252afa4f7a32941ae
-SIZE (notcurses-doc-2.3.15.tar.gz) = 129685
-SHA256 (dankamongmen-notcurses-v2.3.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 146e83723e5f5c486b9f16ec11b70ad682e76b6d01f10e4d9c27d07f3de72811
-SIZE (dankamongmen-notcurses-v2.3.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 12188295
+TIMESTAMP = 1629805169
+SHA256 (notcurses-doc-2.3.17.tar.gz) = dd1c5d5d551a5c16acde21f394145b2f853fedaf7cdf860dd3e1a8a20e9a772c
+SIZE (notcurses-doc-2.3.17.tar.gz) = 130149
+SHA256 (dankamongmen-notcurses-v2.3.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 81db9d13b515d01b134619f3e69cc1efe9f326030c4e49128131d3288ee68e33
+SIZE (dankamongmen-notcurses-v2.3.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 12189795