diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/template b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
index e79149a13cb..ca5a3f20589 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gimp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'gimp'.
 pkgname=gimp
-version=2.8.6
+version=2.8.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-aa --without-gvfs --enable-gimp-console
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gimp.org"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v${version%.*}/gimp-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=215865b0ff4534bbced551995ae3093ede1918246ead914984603a5c1a5be845
+checksum=74c4509bae55f07140bc46f16100fc1e0e052829c13d4d87dc31d07d3e696a67
 long_desc="
  Powerful image manipulation program similar to Adobe Photoshop[tm].
  It supports layers, arbitrary image sizes and working on several images