diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
index fcf3c0d0860..4c8fc33edbd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'newsbeuter'
 pkgname=newsbeuter
-version=r2.8
+version=r2.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.newsbeuter.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/akrennmair/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=71b0b27bddcc5f5c23c2ed94a9493028b57ca792a29592289b7f5acb1ac8c9e5
+checksum=489694a57d4af390aa15ab48b66517b0dc34a1cda4410eb5f6f997c6369f51d8
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./config.sh