diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
index 48ca2cb6254..f1cb25ddc39 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gnupg2'
 pkgname=gnupg2
-version=2.1.7
+version=2.1.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc="gnupg-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnupg.org/"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=c18a3776d47fec98892d51d28b6574ef16bf0a25eabb0956231058aaf2e7846e
+checksum=a3b8d01e4690715d42e8f289493c85413766f3fa935e4fe7e5ff5b0f6e2781a3
 
 post_install() {
 	# remove conflicts with gnupg 1.