diff --git a/srcpkgs/android-tools/template b/srcpkgs/android-tools/template
index 47cc2f84c7a..4b6223ca7ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/android-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/android-tools/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'android-tools'
 pkgname=android-tools
-_version=5.1.1_r6
+_distver=5.1.1_r8
 # NOTE: not all upstream updates has code changes for the parts
 #       of android used by android-tools. Check for diff with:
 #         curl -L http://git.io/vvC0Z | sh -s 5.0.2_r1 5.1.0_r1
-version=${_version/_/}
+version=${_distver/_/}
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=gnu-makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ homepage="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html"
 do_fetch() {
 	local r
 	for r in system/core system/extras external/libselinux external/f2fs-tools; do
-		git clone -b android-${_version} \
+		git clone -b android-${_distver} \
 			https://android.googlesource.com/platform/$r \
 			${pkgname}-${version}/$(basename $r)
 	done