diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/minijail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/minijail/default.nix
index fac934f7bb25..01873cb86aab 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/minijail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/minijail/default.nix
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "minijail";
-  version = "16";
+  version = "17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitiles {
     url = "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/minijail";
     rev = "linux-v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0pxazds3w12c30msq6bxs4a9cbds0dkj6n3ca0i1wqvgz864yrgs";
+    sha256 = "1j65h50wa39m6qvgnh1pf59fv9jdsdbc6a6c1na7y0rgljxhmdzv";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -v constants.json $out/share/minijail
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/minijail/";
     description = "Sandboxing library and application using Linux namespaces and capabilities";