diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
index 52a4365845f..353e5a9f77c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'freeplane'
 pkgname=freeplane
-version=1.8.11
+version=1.9.7
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="apache-ant openjdk8 unzip gradle"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname%20stable/${pkgname}_src-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=7cb3abeda6a073262b63603852d3f3fe2cdb34e917435e9648209efa9c3b1e21
+checksum=09b6892e8c801344fa6f4b60b88a5804586fec53eb7a6bf27ef2a3ff384909b5
 
 make_dirs="
 /usr/share/freeplane/fwdir/condperm/ 755 root root