diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgit/template b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
index 84e86af683f..d9960169033 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cgit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for "cgit".
-_git_version=2.7.0
+_git_version=2.8.3
 
 pkgname=cgit
-version=0.12
-revision=3
+version=1.0
+revision=1
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc"
 makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="A fast webinterface for git"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-${version}.tar.xz
  https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${_git_version}.tar.xz"
-checksum="2ee233849335a64529a01cf2b6165ed492e20268e6e2526d7a7529ef1e24a5b7
- fa9fb34efce9c80527152a40fbae138e83bd04a15ef9111726252259345a7b0d"
+checksum="a89754610922f122468c791888ed6309a81fa0f3ae948d118284b673cb40704d
+ 7d8e6c274a88b4a73b3c98c70d3438ec12871300ce8bb4ca179ea19fcf74aa91"
 
 post_extract() {
 	rm -r git