diff --git a/bin/default_pythons b/bin/default_pythons
index ecc569c..16f044b 100755
--- a/bin/default_pythons
+++ b/bin/default_pythons
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ LATEST_37="python-3.7.5"
 LATEST_36="python-3.6.9"
 LATEST_35="python-3.5.7"
 LATEST_34="python-3.4.10"
-LATEST_27="python-2.7.16"
+LATEST_27="python-2.7.17"
 
 export DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION LATEST_38 LATEST_37 LATEST_36 LATEST_35 LATEST_34 LATEST_27
diff --git a/test/fixtures/python2/runtime.txt b/test/fixtures/python2/runtime.txt
index d42956d..b334cca 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/python2/runtime.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/python2/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-2.7.16
+python-2.7.17