diff --git a/srcpkgs/uchardet/template b/srcpkgs/uchardet/template
index 1a2f1e2f6d7..8b7e4a2f870 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/uchardet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/uchardet/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'uchardet'
 pkgname=uchardet
-version=0.0.7
+version=0.0.8
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Encoding detector library ported from Mozilla"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license="MPL-1.1"
 homepage="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/uchardet"
 changelog="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/uchardet/uchardet/tag/?id=v${version}"
 distfiles="$FREEDESKTOP_SITE/uchardet/releases/uchardet-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=3fc79408ae1d84b406922fa9319ce005631c95ca0f34b205fad867e8b30e45b1
+checksum=e97a60cfc00a1c147a674b097bb1422abd9fa78a2d9ce3f3fdcc2e78a34ac5f0
 
 uchardet-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"