diff --git a/images/llvm/checkout-llvm.sh b/images/llvm/checkout-llvm.sh
index 419f112e..a4aeacfb 100755
--- a/images/llvm/checkout-llvm.sh
+++ b/images/llvm/checkout-llvm.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,13 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
-rev="llvmorg-10.0.0"
+rev="llvmorg-17.0.6"
 
 git config --global user.email "maintainer@cilium.io"
 git config --global user.name  "Cilium Maintainers"
 
 git clone --branch "${rev}" https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git /src/llvm
 
-cd /src/llvm
-git cherry-pick 29bc5dd19407c4d7cad1c059dea26ee216ddc7ca
-git cherry-pick 13f6c81c5d9a7a34a684363bcaad8eb7c65356fd
-git cherry-pick ea72b0319d7b0f0c2fcf41d121afa5d031b319d5
-cd -
-
 # curl --fail --show-error --silent --location "https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/archive/${rev}.tar.gz" --output /tmp/llvm.tgz
 #
 # mkdir -p /src
diff --git a/images/llvm/test/spec.yaml b/images/llvm/test/spec.yaml
index 9c5df7bd..9476e276 100644
--- a/images/llvm/test/spec.yaml
+++ b/images/llvm/test/spec.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ commandTests:
   args: ["--version"]
   expectedOutput:
   - 'LLVM\ \(http://llvm\.org/\):'
-  - 'LLVM\ version\ 10\.0\.0'
+  - 'LLVM\ version\ 17\.0\.6'
   - 'Optimized\ build\.'
   - 'Registered\ Targets:'
   - '(bpf|bpfeb|bpfel)[\ ]+-\ BPF\ \((host|big|little)\ endian\)'
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ commandTests:
   command: "clang"
   args: ["--version"]
   expectedOutput:
-  - 'clang\ version\ 10\.0\.0\ \(https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git\ .*\)'
+  - 'clang\ version\ 17\.0\.6\ \(https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git\ .*\)'
   - 'InstalledDir:\ /usr/local/bin'
 
 - name: "clang can compile a simple BPF program"