diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbanish/template b/srcpkgs/xbanish/template
index d034f10b377..d32cb25372d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbanish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbanish/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xbanish'
 pkgname=xbanish
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="libXfixes-devel libXt-devel libXi-devel libX11-devel"
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ short_desc="Banish the mouse cursor when typing, show it again when the mouse mo
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/jcs/xbanish"
-distfiles="https://github.com/jcs/xbanish/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=64477d1429bcc76d481863b4736af2bb1870472cc48539fe0322563d981d43d5
+distfiles="https://github.com/jcs/xbanish/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e753d6a92d17105ad0d374f0349579b7e7bb070d4bebf5ec28ea105cb0c5b507
 
 pre_build() {
 	export LIBS="$LDFLAGS"