diff --git a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
index 1d8895dfd33..6933262a245 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'earlyoom'
 pkgname=earlyoom
-version=1.4
+version=1.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target=test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rfjakob/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=859d044fc5149fb446e4f3cf3278a524c5f74084026152356de6b7c1270b47ce
+checksum=55b71800e878a01325951c904fa45d345b83440123c7dcbce1c47ff49326ea91
 CFLAGS="-DVERSION='\"${version}\"'"
 
 do_install() {