diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1289.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1289.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7deeb61ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-1289.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Update go-java-launcher to 1.17.0 (was 1.15.0)
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/sls-packaging/pull/1289
diff --git a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.java b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.java
index e94c0e132..03d5b1531 100644
--- a/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.java
+++ b/gradle-sls-packaging/src/main/java/com/palantir/gradle/dist/service/JavaServiceDistributionPlugin.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion;
 
 public final class JavaServiceDistributionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
-    private static final String GO_JAVA_VERSION = "1.15.0";
+    private static final String GO_JAVA_VERSION = "1.17.0";
     private static final String GO_JAVA_LAUNCHER = "com.palantir.launching:go-java-launcher:" + GO_JAVA_VERSION;
     private static final String GO_INIT = "com.palantir.launching:go-init:" + GO_JAVA_VERSION;
     public static final String GROUP_NAME = "Distribution";