diff --git a/srcpkgs/kconfigwidgets/template b/srcpkgs/kconfigwidgets/template
index 93b17626813..4f6020ae4e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kconfigwidgets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kconfigwidgets/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kconfigwidgets'
 pkgname=kconfigwidgets
-version=5.96.0
+version=5.97.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_DESIGNERPLUGIN=ON"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kconfigwidgets"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=1482f42562be8db93c9161acf2b24fa839f05bc893f22f02a3c1e972e733b210
+checksum=20c6016c06a0d24a97af5cd36ed319eee918af051a62265f3f51c7c1c6c58428
 
 kconfigwidgets-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"