diff --git a/srcpkgs/picocom/template b/srcpkgs/picocom/template
index 1ea923b92b8..4867c31c594 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/picocom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/picocom/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'picocom'
 pkgname=picocom
-version=1.7
-revision=2
+version=1.8
+revision=1
 short_desc="Minimal dumb-terminal emulation program like minicom"
 maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
-homepage="https://code.google.com/p/picocom/"
-distfiles="https://picocom.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d0f31c8f7a215a76922d30c81a52b9a2348c89e02a84935517002b3bc2c1129e
+homepage="https://github.com/npat-efault/picocom"
+distfiles="https://github.com/npat-efault/picocom/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6a3e6ba74eec3dd111d5c6f8245b8f08ee54db783e5d319a8589e8f7a4a108f0
 
 do_build() {
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}