diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index a081535b592..36b88541cd8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nodejs'
 pkgname=nodejs
-version=0.8.16
+version=0.8.17
 revision=1
 wrksrc=node-v${version}
 build_style=configure
@@ -10,25 +10,7 @@ maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2cd09d4227c787d6886be45dc54dad5aed779d7bd4b1e15ba930101d9d1ed2a4
-long_desc="
- Node.js is a software system designed for writing highly-scalable internet
- applications, notably web servers. Programs are written in JavaScript, using
- event-driven, asynchronous I/O to minimize overhead and maximize scalability.
- 
- Node.js consists of Google's V8 JavaScript engine plus several built-in
- libraries.
- 
- Node.js was created by Ryan Dahl starting in 2009, and its growth is
- sponsored by Joyent, his employer.
- 
- Similar environments written in other programming languages include Twisted
- for Python, Perl Object Environment for Perl, libevent for C and EventMachine
- for Ruby. Unlike most JavaScript, it is not executed in a web browser, but is
- instead a form of server-side JavaScript.
- 
- Node.js implements some CommonJS specifications. It provides a REPL
- environment for interactive testing."
+checksum=8f070b42ffb84fde9d3ed2f802b08664b94dda327a36bf08a80c8b7efcf8b29e
 
 nostrip=yes
 subpackages="${pkgname}-devel ${pkgname}-docs"