diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index b26cc140bf7..eb70360ed9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=9.97
+version=9.99
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ build_style="perl-module"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="${makedepends}"
-short_desc="Reader and rewriter of EXIF informations that supports raw files"
+short_desc="Reader and rewriter of EXIF information that supports raw files"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7cff22dd7e9d234c67dcaf8ad52f3af3482a6a5cd87b604397f20bbb3431745c
+checksum=23025dbf72bc3079b81ce44803846b759e4e8d0da0a7ab5398eb08ff300c56b0