diff --git a/pkgs/games/papermc/default.nix b/pkgs/games/papermc/default.nix
index 72612394fe2a..6740b51cfd92 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/papermc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/papermc/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bash, jre }:
 let
-  mcVersion = "1.16.5";
-  buildNum = "771";
+  mcVersion = "1.17.1";
+  buildNum = "97";
   jar = fetchurl {
     url = "https://papermc.io/api/v1/paper/${mcVersion}/${buildNum}/download";
-    sha256 = "1lmlfhigbzbkgzfq6knglka0ccf4i32ch25gkny0c5fllmsnm08l";
+    sha256 = "sha256:0d7q6v5w872phcgkha7j5sxniqq9wqbh1jxdvyvy6d2jl74g1gzw";
   };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "papermc";