diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/template b/srcpkgs/racket/template
index 85374e7c62f..6415cf6d1ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'racket'
 pkgname=racket
-version=7.7
-revision=3
+version=7.9
+revision=1
 build_wrksrc=src
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-useprefix --disable-docs"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-only, MIT"
 homepage="http://racket-lang.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}-src.tgz"
-checksum=62659f42b059d028b37874a5ddd56a69057b1895e37e2c08590c150be680a533
+checksum=5578942066a9405fdbcad9522d08685356693f4ddd5dbe92b5273557a112b73e
 nostrip=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then