diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template b/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
index 63646f4d4a5..851a5174f28 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-importlib_metadata'
 pkgname=python3-importlib_metadata
-version=8.0.0
+version=8.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-wheel"
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://pypi.org/project/importlib-metadata/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/importlib_metadata/main/NEWS.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/importlib_metadata/importlib_metadata-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=188bd24e4c346d3f0a933f275c2fec67050326a856b9a359881d7c2a697e8812
+checksum=71522656f0abace1d072b9e5481a48f07c138e00f079c38c8f883823f9c26bd7