diff --git a/srcpkgs/blender/template b/srcpkgs/blender/template
index f83685b32c8..abfdbae9c6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/blender/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/blender/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'blender'
 pkgname=blender
-version=2.73
+version=2.73a
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 # XXX missing deps: openimageio, opencolorio
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://blender.org"
 distfiles="http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/blender.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bb4735aacdc18a3eaabb90c62d7fbde105af3a6a2c11e21248130670809cfc57
+checksum=acfafbe775699d6752d1126522fc573382002b2f8583cd4df4d928995bbc9184
 short_desc="3D graphics creation suite"
 configure_args="
 -DWITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE=OFF