diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/template b/srcpkgs/bash/template
index f16be757645..9e93ac43a00 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'bash'
 pkgname=bash
-version=5.1.004
+version=5.1.008
 revision=1
 _bash_distver=${version%.*}
 _bash_patchlevel=${version##*.}
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses --without-installed-readline
 make_build_args="TERMCAP_LIB=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libncursesw.a"
 hostmakedepends="bison"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ checksum="cc012bc860406dcf42f64431bcd3d2fa7560c02915a601aba9cd597a39329baa
  ebb07b3dbadd98598f078125d0ae0d699295978a5cdaef6282fe19adef45b5fa
  15ea6121a801e48e658ceee712ea9b88d4ded022046a6147550790caf04f5dbe
  22f2cc262f056b22966281babf4b0a2f84cb7dd2223422e5dcd013c3dcbab6b1
- 9aaeb65664ef0d28c0067e47ba5652b518298b3b92d33327d84b98b28d873c86"
+ 9aaeb65664ef0d28c0067e47ba5652b518298b3b92d33327d84b98b28d873c86
+ cccbb5e9e6763915d232d29c713007a62b06e65126e3dd2d1128a0dc5ef46da5
+ 75e17d937de862615c6375def40a7574462210dce88cf741f660e2cc29473d14
+ acfcb8c7e9f73457c0fb12324afb613785e0c9cef3315c9bbab4be702f40393a
+ f22cf3c51a28f084a25aef28950e8777489072628f972b12643b4534a17ed2d1"
 
 make_dirs="/etc/bash/bashrc.d 755 root root"
 conflicts="chroot-bash>=0"