diff --git a/tools/automake/Makefile b/tools/automake/Makefile
index b698dd5a71..f281583f05 100644
--- a/tools/automake/Makefile
+++ b/tools/automake/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=automake
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:automake
-PKG_VERSION:=1.16.5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.17
 PKG_API_VERSION:=$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$(PKG_VERSION)))
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/automake
-PKG_HASH:=07bd24ad08a64bc17250ce09ec56e921d6343903943e99ccf63bbf0705e34605
+PKG_HASH:=397767d4db3018dd4440825b60c64258b636eaf6bf99ac8b0897f06c89310acd
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/000-relocatable.patch b/tools/automake/patches/000-relocatable.patch
index 7d62435cb2..d3a9e178e4 100644
--- a/tools/automake/patches/000-relocatable.patch
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/000-relocatable.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 +#!/usr/bin/env perl
  # aclocal - create aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac      -*- perl -*-
  # @configure_input@
- # Copyright (C) 1996-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ # Copyright (C) 1996-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ use 5.006;
  use strict;
  use warnings FATAL => 'all';
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@
  }
  
 @@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ $perl_threads = 0;
- # ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable, and reset with the '--system-acdir'
- # option.
+ # --aclocal-path option/ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable, and reset
+ # with the '--system-acdir' option.
  my @user_includes = ();
 -my @automake_includes = ('@datadir@/aclocal-' . $APIVERSION);
 -my @system_includes = ('@datadir@/aclocal');
 +my @automake_includes = ($ENV{'STAGING_DIR_HOST'} ? $ENV{'STAGING_DIR_HOST'} . "/share/aclocal-$APIVERSION" : "@datadir@/aclocal-$APIVERSION");
 +my @system_includes = ($ENV{'STAGING_DIR_HOST'} ? $ENV{'STAGING_DIR_HOST'} . '/share/aclocal' : '@datadir@/aclocal');
+ my $aclocal_path = '';
  
  # Whether we should copy M4 file in $user_includes[0].
- my $install = 0;
 --- a/bin/automake.in
 +++ b/bin/automake.in
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 +#!/usr/bin/env perl
  # automake - create Makefile.in from Makefile.am            -*- perl -*-
  # @configure_input@
- # Copyright (C) 1994-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ # Copyright (C) 1994-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ use 5.006;
  use strict;
  use warnings FATAL => 'all';
diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch b/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
index a0d04e21e5..6fa23c49e8 100644
--- a/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/bin/aclocal.in
 +++ b/bin/aclocal.in
-@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($$@)
+@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($$@)
  
    foreach my $m4dir (@dirlist)
      {
diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch b/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch
index 3a8c9fcb47..26847bc680 100644
--- a/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/bin/automake.in
 +++ b/bin/automake.in
-@@ -4513,7 +4513,7 @@ sub handle_gettext ()
+@@ -4552,7 +4552,7 @@ sub handle_gettext ()
  	    && grep ($_ eq 'intl', @subdirs));
      }
  
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  }
  
  # Emit makefile footer.
-@@ -5641,7 +5641,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
+@@ -5677,7 +5677,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
            # otherwise require non-.md.
            my $required
             = (! -f $file && -f "$file.md") ? "$file.md" : $file;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
          }
  
        # Accept one of these three licenses; default to COPYING.
-@@ -5655,7 +5655,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
+@@ -5691,7 +5691,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
  	      last;
  	    }
  	}
diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/200-other-V-values-for-verbosity.patch b/tools/automake/patches/200-other-V-values-for-verbosity.patch
index 1ea9d38b0e..8a5a2d31bd 100644
--- a/tools/automake/patches/200-other-V-values-for-verbosity.patch
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/200-other-V-values-for-verbosity.patch
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Allow other V values for verbosity
 
 --- a/m4/silent.m4
 +++ b/m4/silent.m4
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ else
- fi])
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ case $enable_silent_rules in @%:@ (((
+ esac
  if test $am_cv_make_support_nested_variables = yes; then
    dnl Using '$V' instead of '$(V)' breaks IRIX make.
 -  AM_V='$(V)'