diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 247b9d3ee5e..21bfdc5f770 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for "git"
 pkgname=git
-version=2.8.4
+version=2.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk --with-libpcre
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=120e9a32a1858871dea34165622ec7a63f27887b93093c8d72a18bcf89fe1657
+checksum=f41fa97949948fbf49af94a43d779e072a5452c6b5039d86ffa41ebab747b409
 
 subpackages="git-cvs git-svn git-perl gitk git-gui git-all"