diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 970fc42..2a1f8e2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2024-07-12  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Switch to automake 1.17.
+	* autogen.sh: Update comment.
+
+2024-07-12  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
 	Assume wchar_t.
 	* include/iconv.h.in (iconv_wchar_mb_to_wc_fallback,
 	iconv_wchar_wc_to_mb_fallback): Assume HAVE_WCHAR_T is 1.
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 9955a48..5185d54 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 # also regenerates all aclocal.m4, config.h.in, Makefile.in, configure files
 # with new versions of autoconf or automake.
 #
-# This script requires autoconf-2.63..2.72 and automake-1.11..1.16 in the PATH.
+# This script requires autoconf-2.63..2.72 and automake-1.11..1.17 in the PATH.
 # It also requires
 #   - the gperf program.
 
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2012, 2016, 2018-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by