diff --git a/python-simplejson.changes b/python-simplejson.changes
index e0e464d..947bb23 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.changes
+++ b/python-simplejson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 24 17:22:36 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- specfile:
+  * update copyright year
+
+- update to version 3.17.0:
+  * Updated documentation to be Python 3 first, and
+    have removed documentation notes about version changes
+    that occurred more than five years ago.
+    https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/pull/257
+    https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/pull/254
+  * Update build matrix for Python 3.8
+    https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/pull/255
+    https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson/pull/256
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  8 19:15:21 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-simplejson.spec b/python-simplejson.spec
index 678e1d9..18ab484 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.spec
+++ b/python-simplejson.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-simplejson
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-simplejson
-Version:        3.16.1
+Version:        3.17.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
 License:        MIT OR AFL-2.1
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-URL:            http://github.com/simplejson/simplejson
+URL:            https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/simplejson/simplejson-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
diff --git a/simplejson-3.16.1.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.16.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ebea67..0000000
--- a/simplejson-3.16.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:20c626174a3cfcc69c783930ac2d5daa72787a8e26398e33c978065a51cc8bf4
-size 80596
diff --git a/simplejson-3.17.0.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.17.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25645e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simplejson-3.17.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:2b4b2b738b3b99819a17feaf118265d0753d5536049ea570b3c43b51c4701e81
+size 83119