diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 21566f3e973..52b2b4532e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.18.7
-revision=2
+revision=3
+_commit=937f6fc83dc2f7f7156f69c993bc017a26e4f5bd
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel openssl-devel expat-devel
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ short_desc="Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Python-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.python.org"
-distfiles="https://github.com/ActiveState/cpython/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=84d1f812da249da666685b9eac82df0b201e898b8b3f164f81f348072c12b933
+distfiles="https://github.com/ActiveState/cpython/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e41b3ebac8ac7b7e3364c7f28892f81153d23dd200ef6aaacec82080aa5d2b56
 
 alternatives="
  python:idle:/usr/bin/idle2.7