diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index 8dcaf531d1..250b1db144 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -73,15 +73,15 @@
 (define-public bitcoin-core
   (package
     (name "bitcoin-core")
-    (version "0.16.1")
+    (version "0.17.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri
-              (string-append "https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-"
+              (string-append "https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-"
                              version "/bitcoin-" version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1zkqp93yircd3pbxczxfnibkpq0sgcv5r7wg6d196b9pwgr9zd39"))))
+               "0am4pnaf2cisv172jqx6jdpzx770agm8777163lkjbw3ryslymiy"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)