diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/template b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
index 91ebbded65e..777faaeab91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rkt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rkt'
 pkgname=rkt
-version=1.26.0
-revision=2
+version=1.27.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake wget cpio squashfs-tools bc gnupg git go"
 makedepends="acl-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=35dbecd8ff76bf538465fd783a7690519f32185330d9f4610f762ab19d956b3c
+checksum=213427c551ddc912622e967b30437e13485b88dcf7021c977a3205a1b03801a1
 
 patch_args="-Np1"
 nopie=yes