diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index cb39416ac52..81cf98a5d22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=2.8
+version=2.9
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://mercurial.selenic.com"
 distfiles="${homepage}/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ff741754f6160e24278ba74afbde2afd4d5cb5ab532b69734629cce68bbe16ef
+checksum=7078037ec51971c566dcf41c39d3052ecbc7ad1273605c166690ccd8bf80a622
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1