diff --git a/gnu/packages/clifm.scm b/gnu/packages/clifm.scm
index c5610c1afc..983a23b80a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/clifm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/clifm.scm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 (define-public clifm
   (package
     (name "clifm")
-    (version "1.16")
+    (version "1.17")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1ddg6d4y4kfjk34j0fb7nij5vi5m69vv48knv7j1plbhzqk6qg5n"))))
+        (base32 "00f5x0352dsf8f9ixkcwma7wr5pg78maavmd950nni38m647clm6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "CC="
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
     (inputs (list readline acl libcap))
     (home-page "https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm")
     (synopsis "Command-line file manager")
-    (description "Clifm a shell-like, text-based terminal file manager that
-sits on the command line.
+    (description "Clifm is a shell-like, text-based terminal file manager
+that sits on the command line.
 
 It is built with command line principles in mind: instead of navigating
 through a big menu of files, it lets you type, exactly as you do in your