diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.16.bb b/meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.17.bb
similarity index 15%
rename from meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.16.bb
rename to meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.17.bb
index 9f75446da2..636f6df220 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.16.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/fribidi/fribidi_1.0.17.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,95 @@
+# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
+# The following is the difference between the old and the new license text.
+# Please update the LICENSE value if needed, and summarize the changes in
+# the commit message via 'License-Update:' tag.
+# (example: 'License-Update: copyright years updated.')
+#
+# The changes:
+#
+# --- COPYING
+# +++ COPYING
+# @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+# -		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+# -		       Version 2.1, February 1999
+# +                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+# +                       Version 2.1, February 1999
+#  
+#   Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# -     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+# + <https://fsf.org/>
+#   Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+#   of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+#  
+# @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+#   as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
+#   the version number 2.1.]
+#  
+# -			    Preamble
+# +                            Preamble
+#  
+#    The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
+#  freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
+# @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
+#  former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must
+#  be combined with the library in order to run.
+#  
+# -		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+# +                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+#     TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+#  
+#    0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other
+# @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
+#  on the Library (independent of the use of the Library in a tool for
+#  writing it).  Whether that is true depends on what the Library does
+#  and what the program that uses the Library does.
+# -  
+# +
+#    1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's
+#  complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that
+#  you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an
+# @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
+#  of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing
+#  and reuse of software generally.
+#  
+# -			    NO WARRANTY
+# +                            NO WARRANTY
+#  
+#    15. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
+#  WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
+# @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
+#  SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+#  DAMAGES.
+#  
+# -		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+# +                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+#  
+#             How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
+#  
+# @@ -484,8 +484,7 @@
+#      Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#  
+#      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# -    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# -    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+# +    License along with this library; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#  
+#  Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
+#  
+# @@ -496,9 +495,7 @@
+#    Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
+#    library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker.
+#  
+# -  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
+# -  Ty Coon, President of Vice
+# +  <signature of Moe Ghoul>, 1 April 1990
+# +  Moe Ghoul, President of Vice
+#  
+#  That's all there is to it!
+# -
+# -
+# 
+#
+
 SUMMARY = "Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm"
 DESCRIPTION = "It provides utility functions to aid in the development \
 of interactive editors and widgets that implement BiDi functionality. \
@@ -7,11 +99,11 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://fribidi.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/issues"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a916467b91076e631dd8edb7424769c7"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4bf661c1e3793e55c8d1051bc5e0ae21"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/${BP}.tar.xz \
            "
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1b1cde5b235d40479e91be2f0e88a309e3214c8ab470ec8a2744d82a5a9ea05c"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6949dcde27d41cebad1fd741fcafc36d55a1020d2d872d4a6eb3914caabbada2"
 
 inherit meson lib_package pkgconfig github-releases