diff --git a/.dagger/constants.go b/.dagger/constants.go
index d4dc59f..9daa906 100644
--- a/.dagger/constants.go
+++ b/.dagger/constants.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const (
 	// KustomizeImage is the Kustomize image
 	KustomizeImage = "registry.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize:v5.8.1"
 	// CuelangVersion is the version of Cuelang
-	CuelangVersion = "v0.16.1"
+	CuelangVersion = "v0.17.1"
 	// GolangciLintImage is the GolangCI-Lint image used by default
 	GolangciLintImage = "golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2-alpine"
 	// GitImage is the image used for Git operations in Dagger
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 956353d..6a28af6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/Workday/cuestomize
 go 1.26.4
 
 require (
-	cuelang.org/go v0.17.0
+	cuelang.org/go v0.17.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.36.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8baa3ba..db2aff2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cuelabs.dev/go/oci/ociregistry v0.0.0-20260601085548-328ff8e2c943 h1:XUtzi/yWlmuy8V6kkmVbbmirmUqcFe9Ce3gmEaHXf1Q=
 cuelabs.dev/go/oci/ociregistry v0.0.0-20260601085548-328ff8e2c943/go.mod h1:WjmQxb+W6nVNCgj8nXrF24lIz95AHwnSl36tpjDZSU8=
-cuelang.org/go v0.17.0 h1:PrijS5ofUD01yiG11w74I04laXKLaBiMhEYvdt8Gb/A=
-cuelang.org/go v0.17.0/go.mod h1:xlly/o1wSLvxOsi5vkQGieU0rLOt7TvUIizOFtnxHRU=
+cuelang.org/go v0.17.1 h1:liOkxZDqTHrzq0USJX+6bMYOZ5PSf+wzvQr15AHpDCQ=
+cuelang.org/go v0.17.1/go.mod h1:xlly/o1wSLvxOsi5vkQGieU0rLOt7TvUIizOFtnxHRU=
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v3 v3.2.3 h1:4Zx+I3R35bFXMnltzmjP79i2cravE4jTRL6ps9Aux80=
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v3 v3.2.3/go.mod h1:klXJcjp+FffLTHlhIG69tezTDvdP065naDsHzKhYSqc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=