diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
index 6dc6a553cfc..b9d501dffe6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'telegram-desktop'
 pkgname=telegram-desktop
-version=4.14.15
-revision=3
+version=4.16.8
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu gir"
 configure_args="-DTDESKTOP_API_ID=209235
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later, OpenSSL"
 homepage="https://desktop.telegram.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v${version}/changelog.txt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/download/v${version}/tdesktop-${version}-full.tar.gz"
-checksum=969b7e4d22229717ea7b210e3c429f25fd5d06ec61ef3030f993e8f912c1ebe6
+checksum=dfa9a998445fe1d30fd8061e820853d825b14258ca88d1c09fae8bc562640781
 
 build_options="spellcheck"
 build_options_default="spellcheck"