diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/FREEBSD-upgrade b/contrib/sendmail/FREEBSD-upgrade
index 334151cdc71b..fdc3b429b551 100644
--- a/contrib/sendmail/FREEBSD-upgrade
+++ b/contrib/sendmail/FREEBSD-upgrade
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $FreeBSD$
 
-sendmail 8.16.1
+sendmail 8.17.1
 	originals can be found at: ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/
 
 For the import of sendmail, the following directories were renamed:
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ infrastructure in FreeBSD:
 	usr.sbin/mailwrapper/Makefile
 
 gshapiro@FreeBSD.org
-15-July-2020
+31-January-2022