diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template b/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
index e4f194e44e3..390d8cad91b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pycountry'
 pkgname=python-pycountry
-version=18.5.26
+version=18.12.8
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pycountry-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="pycountry"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python"
-pycompile_module="pycountry"
 short_desc="ISO databases accessible from Python2"
 maintainer="Farhad Shahbazi <grauwolf@geekosphere.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://pypi.org/project/pycountry/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pycountry/pycountry-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7f2aa2529c60f6575af3cd644688b201b97016822ce0ce1c4bcc0f7d08900997
+checksum=8ec4020b2b15cd410893d573820d42ee12fe50365332e58c0975c953b60a16de
 
 python3-pycountry_package() {
 	noarch=yes