diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 5e4ac8db19c..0860d2112f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nodejs'
 pkgname=nodejs
-version=5.8.0
-revision=2
+version=5.9.0
+revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
 wrksrc=node-v${version}
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e8cd580cec1c62053e6357633b9e46d49df1fd5b9fc5c804ca59ba80d722b898
+checksum=e5175a66481fd9389ef74ef8e8c164d052f139664deffc9e79241d6234760f3e
 
 build_options="ssl libuv http_parser"
 desc_option_libuv="Enable shared libuv"