diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4d4714d..fb12192 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # We use the server ssh daemon, and nginx in front of the service by default.
 # So we do not start in http mode and we do not use the embedded letsencrypt support
 #
-gitea_version:  1.17.1
+gitea_version:  1.17.3
 gitea_download_url: 'https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64'
 gitea_force_binary_download: False
 gitea_bin_path: /usr/local/bin/gitea