diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rtags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rtags/package.py
index b0a5b7487f..a82a8dd1da 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rtags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rtags/package.py
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ class Rtags(CMakePackage):
     """RTags is a client/server application that indexes C/C++ code"""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags/"
-    url      = "https://andersbakken.github.io/rtags-releases/rtags-2.12.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://andersbakken.github.io/rtags-releases/rtags-2.17.tar.gz"
 
-    version('2.12', '84988aaff27915a79d4b4b57299f9a51')
+    version('2.17', '95b24d7729678645a027d83be114d624')
+    # version('2.12', '84988aaff27915a79d4b4b57299f9a51')  # no available
 
     depends_on("llvm@3.3: +clang")
     depends_on("zlib")