diff --git a/srcpkgs/mono/template b/srcpkgs/mono/template
index 5ef7daf858d..742b6602401 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mono/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mono/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'mono'
 pkgname=mono
-version=6.6.0.161
+version=6.8.0.96
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-system-aot"
 # XXX: figure out how to split this up into subpkgs.
-hostmakedepends="perl python3 cmake"
+hostmakedepends="perl python3 cmake which"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libX11-devel libgdiplus-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates python3-Pillow"
 short_desc="Free implementation of the .NET platform including runtime and compiler"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="MIT, BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.0-or-later, MPL-1.1"
 homepage="https://www.mono-project.com"
 distfiles="https://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=778badcf2f201df7efa5e031d01802ea8c29818de66e5e7e9f85212c2277d85f
+checksum=ed5df4ec663a4e228e89e910e954fa18d33f72e790c11174e1b62fc8cca90ba0
 lib32disabled=yes
 python_version="3"