diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/group/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/group/views.cljs
index b72caade92..a972227965 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/group/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/group/views.cljs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 (views/defview new-group []
   (views/letsubs [contacts   [:selected-group-contacts]
                   group-name [:new-chat-name]]
-    (let [save-btn-enabled? (and (spec/valid? :global/not-empty-string group-name) (pos? (count contacts)))]
+    (let [group-name-empty? (not (spec/valid? :global/not-empty-string group-name))]
       [kb-presentation/keyboard-avoiding-view  {:style styles/group-container}
        [react/view {:flex 1}
         [topbar/topbar {:use-insets false
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           :right
           [quo/button {:type                :secondary
                        :accessibility-label :create-group-chat-button
-                       :disabled            (not save-btn-enabled?)
+                       :disabled            group-name-empty?
                        :on-press            #(debounce/dispatch-and-chill [:group-chats.ui/create-pressed group-name]
                                                                           300)}
            (i18n/label :t/create-group-chat)]}]]])))
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@
        [quo/button {:type                :secondary
                     :after               :main-icon/next
                     :accessibility-label :next-button
-                    :disabled            (zero? selected-contacts-count)
                     :on-press            #(re-frame/dispatch [:navigate-to :new-group])}
         (i18n/label :t/next)]}]]))
 
diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index 6767ddc61f..848d787571 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "_comment": "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND. USE 'scripts/update-status-go.sh <tag>' instead",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "v0.62.16",
-    "commit-sha1": "d04e54e54e8ea85c9bd35aff5482e064f5ee76b0",
-    "src-sha256": "11ry2ncpf5i177c641nvs27b96niwbfwqc79vn3dqkdawr7y0aiy"
+    "version": "v0.62.17",
+    "commit-sha1": "9dffff042e9be9ea74cc75a77487ad04777828bf",
+    "src-sha256": "1a74gd4z95cirj25qqp909h36i8jjg96rdwvy8b8mzngziqbca1w"
 }