diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/duplicity/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/duplicity/default.nix
index c4cc84ba34fa..bb5ae55b904f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/duplicity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/duplicity/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, librsync, gnupg, boto, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "duplicity-0.6.16";
+  name = "duplicity-0.6.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.6-series/0.6.16/+download/duplicity-0.6.16.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0n63857swqnq7i697p615dp37bsd5bj0gvlj5ng41584zzjmv328";
+    url = "http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.6-series/0.6.17/+download/duplicity-0.6.17.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0n54fw55v4h0cjspgh9nhss5w18bfrib9fckgkk2fldi3835c7l9";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm";
-    homepage = http://www.nongnu.org/duplicity;
+    homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/duplicity";
     license = "GPLv2+";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric simons];
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
   };
 }