diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index fa9b501077..9ce97dbcc2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ also known as DXTn or DXTC) for Mesa.")
 (define-public mesa
   (package
     (name "mesa")
-    (version "17.1.8")
+    (version "17.2.1")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ also known as DXTn or DXTC) for Mesa.")
                                   version "/mesa-" version ".tar.xz")))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "1nv9aaz7ay2bs4fc8j3rf6ky3qla8s346a8g2lvdbp96msp2xvbm"))
+          "07msr6xismw2jq87irwhz7vygvzj6hi38d71paij9zvwh8bmsf3p"))
         (patches
          (search-patches "mesa-wayland-egl-symbols-check-mips.patch"
                          "mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch"))))
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ also known as DXTn or DXTC) for Mesa.")
         ("makedepend" ,makedepend)
         ("presentproto" ,presentproto)
         ("s2tc" ,s2tc)
-        ("wayland" ,wayland)))
+        ("wayland" ,wayland)
+        ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)))
     (native-inputs
       `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
         ("python" ,python-2)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch
index b3f9367fd5..190f6b6ee1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mesa-skip-disk-cache-test.patch
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ for now.
 @@ -170,11 +170,6 @@
     unsetenv("MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DIR");
     unsetenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
-
--   cache = disk_cache_create("test", "make_check");
+ 
+-   cache = disk_cache_create("test", "make_check", 0);
 -   expect_non_null(cache, "disk_cache_create with no environment variables");
 -
 -   disk_cache_destroy(cache);
 -
     /* Test with XDG_CACHE_HOME set */
     setenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", CACHE_TEST_TMP "/xdg-cache-home", 1);
-    cache = disk_cache_create("test", "make_check");
+    cache = disk_cache_create("test", "make_check", 0);