diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/template b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
index dd4a65d0c92..2bbbcbefbaa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vscode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vscode'
 pkgname=vscode
-version=1.96.4
+version=1.97.2
 revision=1
 _electronver=33.0.2
 _npmver=10.8.3
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Alex Lohr <alexthkloss@web.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://code.visualstudio.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=cbd16ab3cfe5322a532899f7c7ef4a203512c70f464c405465e6aa8b85a4c22b
+checksum=6bbb7144e11fefe06418c1f3671a877794a7513c2add85121f560dc686c31351
 nocross=yes # x64 build does not cut it, it contains native code
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then