diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/freefem/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/freefem/package.py
index a284fdda2e9..d298e5e8b9a 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/freefem/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/freefem/package.py
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ class Freefem(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://freefem.org"
-    url = "https://github.com/FreeFem/FreeFem-sources/archive/refs/tags/v4.16.tar.gz"
+    url = "https://github.com/FreeFem/FreeFem-sources/archive/refs/tags/v4.17.tar.gz"
     git = "https://github.com/FreeFem/FreeFem-sources.git"
 
-    maintainers("mohd-afeef-badri")
+    maintainers("mohd-afeef-badri", "prj-")
 
     license("LGPL-3.0-only", checked_by="mohd-afeef-badri")
 
     version("develop", branch="develop")
+    version("4.17", sha256="b1198448c0394d42d8371e398aee209a92a50067082d866cdf5f11f56a636835")
     version("4.16", sha256="9921af94fb69c85a650b05b0eeb4d56623af35f5d71d635b7ba5e2508c02246a")
     version("4.15", sha256="a47af5a7c7006ae8c648845e55d732ea403837af869493000a008b2013c698e3")
     version("4.14", sha256="931cbfe9ef6f6530756c300c5ae47bfdaca21c560a5407cb33325a376a3b6af8")