diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index 90984643f5..dca36977d9 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.56.14
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=0.56.17
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/$(basename $(PKG_VERSION))
-PKG_HASH:=9382c268ca9bdc02aaedc8152a9818bf3935273041f629c56de410e360a3f557
+PKG_HASH:=26100c4e4ef0049c619275f140d97cf565883d00c7543c82bcce5a426934ed6a
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-valadoc \
 	--without-cgraph
 
+HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	GI_GIRDIR=/dev/null
+
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,vala))