diff --git a/srcpkgs/strongswan/template b/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
index df7dc170305..d4378cba6ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/strongswan/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'strongswan'
 pkgname=strongswan
-version=5.9.7
+version=5.9.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # tpm support waits on libtss2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.strongswan.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/strongswan/strongswan/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://download.strongswan.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9e64a2ba62efeac81abff1d962522404ebc6ed6c0d352a23ab7c0b2c639e3fcf
+checksum=d3303a43c0bd7b75a12b64855e8edcb53696f06190364f26d1533bde1f2e453c
 make_dirs="/etc/ipsec.d/ 0755 root root
  /etc/ipsec.d/aacerts 0755 root root
  /etc/ipsec.d/acerts 0755 root root