diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 5ff269ca1bc..40bde07c923 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
-version=2.8.7
+version=2.8.8
 revision=1
 homepage="http://redis.io"
 distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 short_desc="advanced key-value store"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD"
-checksum=a93e352e50bcc076e649174319c2a819306735c1a1ee83d498ced146eda78670
+checksum=fd2be11b8d9300d35b6bbed6fcd6fa6d7ef1a72ccaeb0cc991ce44dc49908bc8
 systemd_services="redis.service on"
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"