diff --git a/component/file/buildout.cfg b/component/file/buildout.cfg
index 936b9e82ea357a24980aaf6f06426cd987051968..3a9e24360011d3e81ecf35f20645cd384d601248 100644
--- a/component/file/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/file/buildout.cfg
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ extends =
 
 [file]
 recipe = slapos.recipe.cmmi
-url = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.11.tar.gz
-md5sum = 16a407bd66d6c7a832f3a5c0d609c27b
+url = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.17.tar.gz
+md5sum = e19c47e069ced7b01ccb4db402cc01d3
 configure-options =
   --disable-static
 environment =