diff --git a/srcpkgs/cloc/template b/srcpkgs/cloc/template
index 8ca19259184..f3fd4eb7909 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cloc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cloc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cloc'
 pkgname=cloc
-version=1.96.1
+version=1.98
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc"
 distfiles="https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f0551d98dcce9ca2e78b984adf8e8cc7c6002037a1155e5294338c435e4a1af1
+checksum=475b3075966adbe70d649e1cb2e0290cb20def6d90ef04068f45ae1a8d527b5f
 
 do_build() {
 	make -C Unix man