diff --git a/srcpkgs/patch/template b/srcpkgs/patch/template
index 3c3f954eb98..e7d47b284b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/patch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/patch/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'patch'
 pkgname=patch
-version=2.7
+version=2.7.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # Required by patch -e functionality.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9077cd75a915330513796e222049c2b6da69299729795e08c02e507bff60d6ee
+checksum=aae676de9e95051f425af4507fcc9a019941a2a1f78405e7dbd40bccf786aa11
 long_desc="
  patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing
  produced by diff and applies those differences to one or