diff --git a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
index aec0e7a3a968..53406db597d1 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 # Handle dependency on lang/vala
 #
 # Valid args:
 # 	- lib:       add a lib depends
 # 	- build:     add a build depends
 # 	- no_depend: only used for lang/vala itself
 
 .if ! defined(_INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK=	yes
 
-_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.16
+_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.17
 _VALA_LIB_VERSION=	${_VALA_VERSION:R}
 _VALA_LIBRARY=		libvala-${_VALA_LIB_VERSION}.so
 _VALA_BINARY=		valac
 _VALA_PORT=		lang/vala
 
 .  if empty(vala_ARGS:Mno_depend)
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mlib)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_LIBRARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mbuild)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_BINARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .  endif
 
 .endif
diff --git a/lang/vala/distinfo b/lang/vala/distinfo
index 02e4a6c7ace0..2d0b3ec308d6 100644
--- a/lang/vala/distinfo
+++ b/lang/vala/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1710571274
-SHA256 (vala-0.56.16.tar.xz) = 05487b5600f5d2f09e66a753cccd8f39c1bff9f148aea1b7774d505b9c8bca9b
-SIZE (vala-0.56.16.tar.xz) = 4013716
+TIMESTAMP = 1728447990
+SHA256 (vala-0.56.17.tar.xz) = 26100c4e4ef0049c619275f140d97cf565883d00c7543c82bcce5a426934ed6a
+SIZE (vala-0.56.17.tar.xz) = 4016576