diff --git a/srcpkgs/google-chrome/template b/srcpkgs/google-chrome/template
index 61bfcb31993..11ceb9c26af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/google-chrome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/google-chrome/template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'google-chrome'
-_chromeVersion=71.0.3578.98
+_chromeVersion=72.0.3626.81
 _chromeRevision=1
 _channel=stable
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ revision=1
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 homepage="https://www.google.com/chrome/"
 license="chrome"
-short_desc="An attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser"
+short_desc="Attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser"
 only_for_archs="x86_64"
 repository=nonfree
 restricted=yes
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _filename="google-chrome-${_channel}_${_chromeVersion}-${_chromeRevision}_amd64.
 _chromeUrl="${_baseUrl}/${_filename}"
 
 distfiles="$_chromeUrl"
-checksum=c2b2b56d854b7666ba1e7c090c0e599d695ff40a8676eb018da4ccbb4ac7711e
+checksum=145faa3af49483277c89dfc73cd0d1e2849c065c828a80f3cc7a70a94192da25
 
 do_extract() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}