diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template b/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
index fd8f36ee69f..b4afab24f9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-rapidfuzz'
 pkgname=python3-rapidfuzz
-version=3.9.6
+version=3.9.7
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="cmake python3-scikit-build"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz"
 changelog="https://github.com/rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz/releases"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5cf2a7d621e4515fee84722e93563bf77ff2cbe832a77a48b81f88f9e23b9e8d
+checksum=f1c7296534c1afb6f495aa95871f14ccdc197c6db42965854e483100df313030
 
 export CMAKE_ARGS="-DPython_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}"