diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 2cdc2da..660c8c7 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.16.1</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.17.0</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
     <!--
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index aea912b..0000000
--- a/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:51dd92c4f9783b8d31a56f705a89c4d93ecd1c265951a8df373478f2f97e42fe
-size 27483149
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.17.0.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.17.0.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb7ce8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrix-synapse-1.17.0.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:74dcda718195da0fcf3399b5bb9bd2eba77e309629ef58ecbfd97414e018ce56
+size 27525133
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-test.spec b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
index fbfe320..834b1f3 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse-test.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}-test
-Version:        1.16.1
+Version:        1.17.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Test package for %{pkgname}
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index cae7c53..471fbb5 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,62 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 13 11:55:06 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- allow newer prometheus client (follow up to change in the code) 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 13 11:19:25 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- Update to 1.17.0 
+  - Bugfixes
+    - Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower case in email
+      addresses when used as identifiers for login, etc.
+      Contributed by @dklimpel. (#7021)
+    - Fix "Tried to close a non-active scope!" error messages when
+      opentracing is enabled. (#7732)
+    - Fix incorrect error message when database CTYPE was set
+      incorrectly. (#7760)
+    - Fix to not ignore set_tweak actions in Push Rules that have
+      no value, as permitted by the specification. (#7766)
+    - Fix synctl to handle empty config files correctly.
+      Contributed by @kotovalexarian. (#7779)
+    - Fixes a long standing bug in worker mode where worker
+      information was saved in the devices table instead of the
+      original IP address and user agent. (#7797)
+    - Fix 'stuck invites' which happen when we are unable to reject
+      a room invite received over federation. (#7804, #7809, #7810)
+  - Updates to the Docker image
+    - Include libwebp in the Docker file to properly handle webp
+      image uploads. (#7791)
+  - Improved Documentation
+    - Improve the documentation of the non-standard JSON web token
+      login type. (#7776)
+    - Update doc links for caddy. Contributed by Nicolai Søborg.
+      (#7789)
+  - Internal Changes
+    - Refactor getting replication updates from database. (#7740)
+    - Send push notifications with a high or low priority depending
+      upon whether they may generate user-observable effects.
+      (#7765)
+    - Use symbolic names for replication stream names. (#7768)
+    - Add early returns to _check_for_soft_fail. (#7769)
+    - Fix up synapse.handlers.federation to pass mypy. (#7770)
+    - Convert the appserver handler to async/await. (#7775)
+    - Allow to use higher versions of prometheus_client <0.9.0
+      which are expected to introduce no breaking changes.
+      Contributed by Oliver Kurz. (#7780)
+    - Update linting scripts and codebase to be compatible with
+      isort v5. (#7786)
+    - Stop populating unused table local_invites. (#7793)
+    - Ensure that strings (not bytes) are passed into JSON
+      serialization. (#7799)
+    - Switch from simplejson to the standard library json. (#7800)
+    - Add signing_key property to HomeServer to save code
+      duplication. (#7805)
+    - Improve stacktraces from exceptions in background processes.
+      (#7808)
+    - Fix various spelling errors in comments and log lines.
+      (#7811)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 10 12:03:25 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
index 0321e7d..dd2c18d 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
+++ b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: matrix-synapse
-version: 1.16.1
-mtime: 1594380052
-commit: e66e38bbd7818ca967a7c08f1b1c227c544a9ede
+version: 1.17.0
+mtime: 1594632036
+commit: 29df3d0e9f455c780d8489cc9bc293cb6fa6bc1e
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 45c019f..4854e74 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 %define         modname synapse
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}
-Version:        1.16.1
+Version:        1.17.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Matrix protocol reference homeserver
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-netaddr >= 0.7.18
 %requires_eq    python3-netaddr
 BuildRequires:  python3-phonenumbers >= 8.2.0
 %requires_eq    python3-phonenumbers
-BuildRequires:  (python3-prometheus_client >= 0.4.0 with python3-prometheus_client < 0.8.0)
+BuildRequires:  (python3-prometheus_client >= 0.4.0 with python3-prometheus_client < 0.9.0)
 %requires_eq    python3-prometheus_client
 BuildRequires:  python3-psutil >= 2.0.0
 %requires_eq    python3-psutil