diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-ssh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-ssh/package.nix
index ad3a8c5474428..5fca74a79462a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-ssh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-ssh/package.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "guile-ssh";
-  version = "0.16.3";
+  # XXX: using unstable to ensure proper build with libssh 0.11.1 (https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-ssh/issues/42)
+  version = "0.17.0-unstable-2024-10-15";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "artyom-poptsov";
     repo = "guile-ssh";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-P29U88QrCjoyl/wdTPZbiMoykd/v6ul6CW/IJn9UAyw=";
+    rev = "9336580f92f83bb73041c5374b400144a56b4c35";
+    hash = "sha256-Hwg0xaNSm/SEZfzczjb7o8TJXfzT1mmOk1rJROxahLQ=";
   };
 
   patches = [