diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
index 73e1d2c14c1..a1f28345544 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # A CYCLIC DEPENDENCY: python -> tk -> libX11 -> libxcb -> xcb-proto -> python
 #
 pkgname=python-tkinter
-version=2.7.8
-revision=5
+version=2.7.9
+revision=1
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.python.org"
 license="PSF"
 distfiles="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$version/Python-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=edde10a0cb7d14e2735e682882d5b287028d1485c456758154c19573db68075a
+checksum=90d27e14ea7e03570026850e2e50ba71ad20b7eb31035aada1cf3def8f8d4916
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Ensure that internal copies of expat, libffi and zlib are not used.