diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dulwich/template b/srcpkgs/python-dulwich/template
index 7864c3066c7..e57f4ecdb7e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dulwich/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dulwich/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-dulwich'
 pkgname=python-dulwich
-version=0.9.7
+version=0.9.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc="dulwich-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://samba.org/~jelmer/dulwich/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/dulwich/dulwich-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=12e77b0434a3bb3075e9c96e608ee9c3f85e49bc9c8335139aba8795de4000f3
+checksum=8b1a0a80cc4f54feed4894af5d8e5e05cf30c82fcce28530543c01266cba9d47