diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
index 6110c4e10..911fd04bb 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Notes:
 * Other profiles can be used by exporting GENTOO_PROFILE with a valid profile.
   A list of valid profiles follows:
 
-    default/linux/amd64/17.0
-    default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib
-    default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened
-    default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened
-    default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd
+    default/linux/amd64/17.1
+    default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib
+    default/linux/amd64/17.1/hardened
+    default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib/hardened
+    default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd
 
 * You can set the `GENTOO_PORTAGE_CLEANUP` environment variable to False to
   disable the clean up of portage repositories (including overlays).  This
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
index 482c28143..de3748def 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.1/hardened" ]]; then
 elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib/hardened" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-hardened-nomultilib'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='hardened+minimal-nomultilib'
-elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd" ]]; then
+elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-systemd'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='systemd'
 else
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ else
     echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib'
     echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/hardened'
     echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib/hardened'
-    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd'
+    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd'
     exit 1
 fi