diff --git a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
index 7bbea987d61..b14ea289d80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libguestfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libguestfs'
 pkgname=libguestfs
-version=1.39.8
+version=1.39.9
 revision=1
 _version_short=${version%.*}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
 distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/$_version_short-development/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=4a630736285cc612acd3e0737ced2663f8414f2fcb3610621b6b80ddc44a8e4d
+checksum=7afb5a081867135665984146c29e40389d1263120d3905aaf3becd46ec2cfb8b
 
 conf_files="etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
  etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.conf