diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/template b/srcpkgs/go/template
index 5d8064abcd6..d7ca9a54d45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'go'
 pkgname=go
 _bootstrap_version=1.4.2
-version=1.7.5
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc=go
 hostmakedepends="git ca-certificates"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://golang.org/dl/go${_bootstrap_version}.src.tar.gz
  http://golang.org/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz"
 checksum="299a6fd8f8adfdce15bc06bde926e7b252ae8e24dd5b16b7d8791ed79e7b5e9b
- 4e834513a2079f8cbbd357502cccaac9507fd00a1efe672375798858ff291815"
+ 406865f587b44be7092f206d73fc1de252600b79b3cacc587b74b5ef5c623596"
 
 nostrip=yes
 noverifyrdeps=yes