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diff --git a/python-Babel.changes b/python-Babel.changes
index 9aeae35..cf986ac 100644
--- a/python-Babel.changes
+++ b/python-Babel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,64 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  3 13:38:56 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.17.0:
+  * CLDR: Babel now uses CLDR 46, by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1145`
+  * Dates: Allow specifying an explicit format in
+    parse_date/parse_time by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1131`
+  * Dates: More alternate characters are now supported by
+    format_skeleton. By @tomasr8 in :gh:`1122`
+  * Dates: Support short and narrow formats for format_timedelta
+    when using add_direction, by @akx in :gh:`1163`
+  * Messages: .po files now enclose white spaces in filenames
+    like GNU gettext does. By @Dunedan in :gh:`1105`, and
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1120`
+  * Messages: Initial support for Message.python_brace_format, by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1169`
+  * Numbers: LC_MONETARY is now preferred when formatting
+    currencies, by @akx in :gh:`1173`
+  * Dates: Make seconds optional in parse_time time formats by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1141`
+  * Dates: Replace str.index with str.find by @tomasr8 in
+    :gh:`1130`
+  * Dates: Strip extra leading slashes in /etc/localtime by @akx
+    in :gh:`1165`
+  * Dates: Week numbering and formatting of dates with week
+    numbers was repaired by @jun66j5 in :gh:`1179`
+  * General: Improve handling for locale=None by @akx in
+    :gh:`1164`
+  * General: Remove redundant assignment in Catalog.__setitem__
+    by @tomasr8 in :gh:`1167`
+  * Messages: Fix extracted lineno with nested calls, by
+    @dylankiss in :gh:`1126`
+  * Messages: Fix of list index out of range when translations is
+    empty, by @gabe-sherman in :gh:`1135`
+  * Messages: Fix the way obsolete messages are stored by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1132`
+  * Messages: Simplify read_mo logic regarding catalog.charset by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1148`
+  * Messages: Use the first matching method & options, rather
+    than first matching method & last options, by @jpmckinney in
+    :gh:`1121`
+  * Dates: Fix deprecation warnings for datetime.utcnow() by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1119`
+  * Docs: Adjust docs/conf.py to add compatibility with sphinx 8
+    by @hrnciar in :gh:`1155`
+  * General: Import Literal from the typing module by @tomasr8 in
+    :gh:`1175`
+  * General: Replace OrderedDict with just dict by @tomasr8 in
+    :gh:`1149`
+  * Messages: Mark wraptext deprecated; use TextWrapper directly
+    in write_po by @akx in :gh:`1140`
+  * Add tzdata as dev dependency and sync with tox.ini by
+    @wandrew004 in :gh:`1159`
+  * Duplicate test code was deleted by @mattdiaz007 in :gh:`1138`
+  * Increase test coverage of the python_format checker by
+    @tomasr8 in :gh:`1176`
+  * Small cleanups by @akx in :gh:`1160`, :gh:`1166`, :gh:`1170`
+    and :gh:`1172`
+  * Update CI to use python 3.13 and Ubuntu 24.04 by @tomasr8 in
+    :gh:`1153`
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 17 04:19:37 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Babel.spec b/python-Babel.spec
index ace6f77..6123dbf 100644
--- a/python-Babel.spec
+++ b/python-Babel.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-Babel
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %define oldpython python
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-Babel
-Version:        2.16.0
+Version:        2.17.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Internationalization utilities
 License:        BSD-3-Clause