diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 51b8e4f543d..628c173bfac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.4.2
+version=1.5.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
 short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ build_style="gnu-configure"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
 distfiles="http://libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1006c4055cb3fb34293bb716be127d396550a68ac0bdfc21a6631c8d7a49ce0b
+checksum=9cc067435b0ce3aec0194e4f519939cfa4eb823d14dd38dbec014cd048cb817c
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh