diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/template b/srcpkgs/racket/template
index 2d96716c8af..2dc69c30c24 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'racket'
 pkgname=racket
-version=8.8
+version=8.9
 revision=1
 archs="aarch64* armv6* armv7* i686* x86_64*"
 build_wrksrc=src
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-only, MIT"
 homepage="http://racket-lang.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}-src.tgz"
-checksum=398422e2b42373e14e4e0f96da3d95cb5744247ba3f73ea99815fb693c2714ab
+checksum=3ae225e84e119f4cd1a47f1b16133568fc7d35c290c505495566d9dccefc5224
 nostrip=yes
 patch_args="-Np2"