diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index 0575e019049..30d3776f6e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=10.96
+version=10.97
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/"
 #changelog="https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/history.html"
 distfiles="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=21a68b13aaba2cd83b2f189bfd6939d3655f4c9ecfb6fed225dc8b9e5909a349
+checksum=b27a3e8b0f894c8d35276925030fe8274e6b69e1339554c19ac392872b8e67d4