diff --git a/templates/coreutils/template b/templates/coreutils/template
index 124f420e1f4..cfcee725488 100644
--- a/templates/coreutils/template
+++ b/templates/coreutils/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=7.5
+version=7.6
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin
 configure_env="PERL=/usr/bin/perl"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=341f49b9434f83ca9a8b6c2266813092ef08a5fca25f15dcc1a0ba82fc18c3c1
+checksum=1d9bfe8b427ca5f8cffa0b462f861e4157c946fbeaf0884d273bbd6cab1c25d4
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities