diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe61171a601..0e43ad52a8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ in 2018, as it doesn't work with any Dart 2.x release.
 
 #### Linter
 
-Updated the Linter to `1.16.0`, which includes changes that
+Updated the Linter to `1.17.1`, which includes changes that
+- adds new lint: `unnecessary_late`.
 - improves docs for `prefer_initializing_formals`.
 - updates `secure_pubspec_urls` to check `issue_tracker` and
   `repository` entries.
diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 103dfce728b..7f81b03c456 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ vars = {
   "intl_tag": "0.17.0-nullsafety",
   "jinja2_rev": "2222b31554f03e62600cd7e383376a7c187967a1",
   "json_rpc_2_rev": "7e00f893440a72de0637970325e4ea44bd1e8c8e",
-  "linter_tag": "1.16.0",
+  "linter_tag": "1.17.1",
   "lints_tag": "f9670df2a66e0ec12eb51554e70c1cbf56c8f5d0",
   "logging_rev": "575781ef196e4fed4fb737e38fb4b73d62727187",
   "markupsafe_rev": "8f45f5cfa0009d2a70589bcda0349b8cb2b72783",