diff --git a/srcpkgs/thermald/template b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
index ba6786c6d99..daa5d9eb5b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thermald/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'thermald'
 pkgname=thermald
-version=1.8
+version=1.9
 revision=1
 _pkgname=thermal_daemon
 wrksrc="${_pkgname}-${version}"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/01org/${_pkgname}"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=662456eff5b7ee5a42e54b8a667d002d3a4dec5cacbddc5e1ab5ec94dab218c6
+checksum=d8f40bce80fb8303a0c103d2531d0e4cc1caad0a8d027cd26a1b5b10cdaae4e3
 conf_files='/etc/thermald/*'
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then