diff --git a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
index 661eec848c1..c48e4b5591e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'riot-desktop'
 pkgname=riot-desktop
-version=0.17.7
+version=0.17.8
 revision=1
+wrksrc="riot-web-${version}"
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/config.json"
-wrksrc="riot-web-${version}"
-hostmakedepends="nodejs git"
+hostmakedepends="git nodejs"
 depends="c-ares ffmpeg gtk+3 http-parser libevent libxslt minizip nss re2 snappy"
 short_desc="A glossy Matrix collaboration client, desktop version"
 maintainer="zethra <jediben97@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://riot.im"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2545625bdbcb5a2e00e47f4226eef27957ffe737538b14e3080139f2bf44b966
+checksum=ded5fed8a967338bb43d6066b91aa67d039b76528d1be451274e4d9ef402db16
 nocross=yes
 nostrip=yes