diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig.yml b/.github/workflows/zig.yml
index c63b5a466..6fa6bc65b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zig.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zig.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        version: [0.16.0]
+        version: [0.16.0, 0.17.0]
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 57b66a2dd..b144e93a4 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ fn addLinkerFlags(
     const webui_target = webui.rootModuleTarget();
     const is_windows = webui_target.os.tag == .windows;
     const is_darwin = webui_target.os.tag == .macos;
-    const debug = webui.root_module.optimize.? == .Debug;
+    // Zig 0.17 renamed `OptimizeMode` to `Optimize` with lowercase tags.
+    const debug = webui.root_module.optimize.? == if (comptime builtin.zig_version.minor >= 17) .debug else .Debug;
     // In Zig 0.16, methods like addCSourceFile/linkLibC/addIncludePath/linkSystemLibrary/
     // linkFramework/addCMacro were removed from *Compile and live only on *Module.
     // Routing every call through `mod` keeps the build script compatible with 0.14/0.15/0.16.
@@ -185,6 +186,10 @@ fn build_examples(b: *Build, webui: *Compile) !void {
         };
         defer examples_dir.close(io);
 
+        // Zig 0.17 caches the configure phase; re-run it when an example
+        // directory is added or removed.
+        b.dependOnDirectoryContents(b.path("examples/C"));
+
         var paths = examples_dir.iterate();
         while (try paths.next(io)) |val| {
             if (val.kind != .directory) continue;