diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
index 5cbc6833904..6f6e0fa4c20 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-protobuf'
 pkgname=python-protobuf
-version=3.4.0
+version=3.5.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="protobuf-${version}"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
 homepage="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/protobuf/protobuf-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ef02609ef445987976a3a26bff77119c518e0915c96661c3a3b17856d0ef6374
+checksum=95b78959572de7d7fafa3acb718ed71f482932ddddddbd29ba8319c10639d863
 
 post_install() {
 	sed -n 1,29p google/protobuf/__init__.py >LICENSE