diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 7d41b61c4e..bf1f7ddc9f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ (define-public nginx
     ;; ’stable’ and recommends that “in general you deploy the NGINX mainline
     ;; branch at all times” (https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-6-1-7-released/)
     ;; Consider updating the nginx-documentation package together with this one.
-    (version "1.15.12")
+    (version "1.17.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://nginx.org/download/nginx-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1giavdph0jqhywdkj4650s5qhz6qfd6nrv74k9q005yy2ym90nrx"))))
+                "1aqgmrjzmklmv2iiyirk2h0hy35v1a76gczhjkxnms2krl35s6z2"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)
               ("pcre" ,pcre)