diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
index 066257e48..e3536bd19 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Notes:
 * Other profiles can be used by exporting GENTOO_PROFILE with a valid profile.
   A list of valid profiles follows:
 
-    default/linux/amd64/13.0
-    default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib
+    default/linux/amd64/17.0
+    default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib
     hardened/linux/amd64
     hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
 
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/environment.d/00-gentoo-envars.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/environment.d/00-gentoo-envars.bash
index 1fbaf46bc..f423394e9 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/environment.d/00-gentoo-envars.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/environment.d/00-gentoo-envars.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export DIB_RELEASE=gentoo
 export DISTRO_NAME=gentoo
-export GENTOO_PROFILE=${GENTOO_PROFILE:-'default/linux/amd64/13.0'}
+export GENTOO_PROFILE=${GENTOO_PROFILE:-'default/linux/amd64/17.0'}
 export GENTOO_PORTAGE_CLEANUP=${GENTOO_PORTAGE_CLEANUP:-'False'}
-export GENTOO_PYTHON_TARGETS=${GENTOO_PYTHON_TARGETS:-'python2_7 python3_4'}
-export GENTOO_PYTHON_ACTIVE_VERSION=${GENTOO_PYTHON_ACTIVE_VERSION:-'python3.4'}
+export GENTOO_PYTHON_TARGETS=${GENTOO_PYTHON_TARGETS:-'python2_7 python3_5'}
+export GENTOO_PYTHON_ACTIVE_VERSION=${GENTOO_PYTHON_ACTIVE_VERSION:-'python3.5'}
 export GENTOO_OVERLAYS=${GENTOO_OVERLAYS:-''}
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
index 66c18818e..3d7174ad0 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ fi
 # default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib
 # hardened/linux/amd64
 # hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
-GENTOO_PROFILE=${GENTOO_PROFILE:-'default/linux/amd64/13.0'}
-if [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/13.0" ]]; then
+GENTOO_PROFILE=${GENTOO_PROFILE:-'default/linux/amd64/17.0'}
+if [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='minimal'
-elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib" ]]; then
+elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-nomultilib'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='minimal-nomultilib'
 elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "hardened/linux/amd64" ]]; then
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib" ]]; then
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='hardened+minimal-nomultilib'
 else
     echo 'invalid profile, please select from the following profiles'
-    echo 'default/linux/amd64/13.0'
-    echo 'default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib'
+    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0'
+    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib'
     echo 'hardened/linux/amd64'
     echo 'hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib'
     exit 1