diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index d466eb2679c..3c75c6d078c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=12.08
-revision=2
+version=12.09
+revision=1
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl tar"
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://exiftool.org/"
 changelog="https://exiftool.org/history.html"
 distfiles="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9a5f3fb7eb98cb97e54f18a28e13d6c63e1f62ee3392969303e83db3de7b2286
+checksum=d52d9ff508c4af8abe09c917db216788739a335cd5e921e4862c02848f1e0cca