diff --git a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
index 7aa87e51..715df6ce 100644
--- a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Add `Session::migrate` to allow for swapping contract code [#313]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Upgrade `dusk-wasmtime` to version `17`
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2024-01-24
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/piecrust/Cargo.toml b/piecrust/Cargo.toml
index b72811f3..e671b153 100644
--- a/piecrust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/piecrust/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 crumbles = { version = "0.3", path = "../crumbles" }
 piecrust-uplink = { version = "0.10", path = "../piecrust-uplink" }
 
-dusk-wasmtime = { version = "15", default-features = false, features = ["cranelift", "parallel-compilation"] }
+dusk-wasmtime = { version = "17", default-features = false, features = ["cranelift", "parallel-compilation"] }
 bytecheck = "0.6"
 rkyv = { version = "0.7", features = ["size_32", "validation"] }
 blake3 = "1"