diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index ba989b80067..54f5e7a58d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=6.8.2
-revision=2
+version=6.9
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3 python3-setuptools python3-devel gettext git"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="dataCobra <datacobra@thinkbot.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/"
 distfiles="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=aac618106768ad1ed976c3fe7c8659fec99e6f0b5337ea6ea554fae8490c4f4e
+checksum=629604293df2be8171ec856bf4f8b4faa8e4305af13607dce0f89f74132836d6
 
 pre_check() {
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then