diff --git a/srcpkgs/namecoin/template b/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
index 54c45374f6c..dedbabf3276 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'namecoin'
 pkgname=namecoin
-version=0.16.2
-revision=3
+version=0.17.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-core-nc${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-incompatible-bdb --disable-static
  --enable-hardening --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
@@ -12,9 +13,8 @@ short_desc="Distributed key/value database"
 maintainer="ananteris <ananteris@protonmail.ch>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://namecoin.org"
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-core-nc${version}"
 distfiles="https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin-core/archive/nc${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2dec11332ce3284dfe3d9a6291eb770e1c27fcdb707f13b542494db527aa8d99
+checksum=b9e56cebd6756ad8ff7c8f6c9e633cb56cb139c7c4437189945b3f25acbe0082
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	armv[56]*)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/namecoin/update b/srcpkgs/namecoin/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bfaf0d3f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/namecoin/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='/archive/(nc|v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'