diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkd/template b/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
index d8967b2e820..688d7700d8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gtkd'
 pkgname=gtkd
 version=3.8.4
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="GtkD-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 # The compiler used is ldc2 and our LDFLAGS make it fail to compile
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ homepage="https://gtkd.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5eddf26a999a0783a1518fe897925f8aff27005c7c72e84700668459f2d415c0
 
+pre_configure() {
+	#upstream has forgotten to update the version number...
+	sed 's/3.8.3/3.8.4/' -i GNUmakefile
+}
+
 do_check() {
 	make DC=ldc2 LDFLAGS='' test
 }