diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 14726abfd4f..438fe3350cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
-version=2.8.1
+version=2.9.0
 revision=1
 short_desc="Open Source Processor Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=018e4c7ed22c220395cf41f835d01505e49d0e579a548bd3d72b03809442bbcd
+checksum=00bfb217b1bb03c7a6c3261b819cfccbfb5a58e3e2ceff546327d271773c6c14
 nocross="https://api.travis-ci.org/jobs/210268003/log.txt"
 
 nostrip=yes