diff --git a/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
index b4eb4723123..44d426f0754 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'debootstrap'
 pkgname=debootstrap
-version=1.0.96
-revision=2
+version=1.0.97
+revision=1
 build_style=fetch
-depends="binutils bzip2 gnupg gzip tar wget xz"
+depends="binutils gnupg gzip tar wget xz"
 short_desc="Bootstrap a basic Debian system"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debootstrap.html"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}_all.deb
  ${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/debian-archive-keyring/debian-archive-keyring_2014.3_all.deb"
-checksum="12ffc7d26021eefef8b9e667e78088c6a655439768e505e2c6d83999f3fed03c
+checksum="0177ffecea5cc1a42084ae02a44d8e902a086577cefc00194b983fd7f3d802a7
  017a2fba215cd64612891f5aa02546be5c0e30923a66672f889867cc6dd8d3a0"
 
 do_install() {