diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
index c8422aa5220..95f29f49201 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'aspell-en'
 pkgname=aspell-en
-version=2017.01.22
-revision=2
+version=2017.08.24
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="aspell6-en-${version}-0"
 build_style=configure
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homepage="http://aspell.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-${version}-0.tar.bz2"
-checksum=93c73fae3eab5ea3ca6db3cea8770715a820f1b7d6ea2b932dd66a17f8fd55e1
+checksum=09b562b02195e7facd31d65241050be7ac6f78654128ab41650511bf42dd5b7c
 
 words-en_package() {
 	short_desc="English dictionary word list"