diff --git a/srcpkgs/bup/template b/srcpkgs/bup/template
index 940ccc97577..1fc6b1798ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bup/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'bup'
 pkgname=bup
-version=0.26
+version=0.27
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 hostmakedepends="python perl git"
 makedepends="python-devel"
-short_desc="bup is a program that backs things up"
-maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+short_desc="Backup system based on the git packfile format"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/bup/bup"
 distfiles="https://github.com/bup/bup/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8c25551fa723cfe5dcaaa671c5f0964d8caff22b068923df007a13169d8f015c
+checksum=ae8a744a3415ce4766d1d896f3d48b9b2ae6167c7bc65d8d1a112f37b42720fb
 noarch=yes