diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/template b/srcpkgs/racket/template
index 9ffcf3c2022..11ca0c8c290 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'racket'
 pkgname=racket
-version=6.8
+version=6.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_wrksrc=src
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://racket-lang.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/$version/$pkgname-$version-src.tgz"
-checksum=fbe18113ca813a11c2c11d84488cb3fc023ab8eca9d3c940c9cdff92810a3fd1
+checksum=1cd218ee2ba1dc683de858a866c6666eb72a11adee8d1df6cdd59c5c5a47b714
 nostrip=yes
 configure_args="--disable-docs"
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 armv5tel armv6l armv7l aarch64"