diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitui/template b/srcpkgs/gitui/template
index 2546e7c96ea..9ce6d08633a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitui/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitui/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gitui'
 pkgname=gitui
-version=0.25.2
-revision=2
+version=0.26.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cargo
 configure_args="--no-default-features --features ghemoji,regex-onig"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="git pkg-config"
 makedepends="libgit2-devel oniguruma-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 maintainer="cinerea0 <cinerea0@protonmail.com>"
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui"
 changelog="https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/raw/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5a67d526e22533952a747cb34eb2430a1340dd3139f60a785f579bba4a6aa5ed
+checksum=b1b0a6c692771a4e37f7ff33490365f8f330660a4110adf650b2483d99379c1d
+
+export GITUI_RELEASE=1
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.md