diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
index e3427d05f36..34766eefc30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'liblouis'
 pkgname=liblouis
-version=3.8.0
+version=3.9.0
 revision=1
-patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-ucs4"
 pycompile_module="louis"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://liblouis.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/download/v${version}/liblouis-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e9a20cdeb9610e2b3e9b4d3e280fe9d16f7717e7dcc7ff8f3b459baca5fed018
+checksum=e4ae23373751003c6e44bcda653cf3b3de1eff0b850f9349091aea7e4a0cb878
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in