diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/template b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
index e47acb6ecf6..4940467c5a2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libX11'
 pkgname=libX11
-version=1.7.5
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --enable-xlocaledir --without-xmlto
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5a1847e2e2c248e1a203a24a1338a5586d6f48472eac58f6f08539110a965151
+checksum=081bf42ebab023aa92cfdb20c7af8c5ae13d13e88a5e22f90f4453ef80bbdde4
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure ${configure_args}