diff --git a/srcpkgs/parallel/template b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
index b96feff2310..074666b8238 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parallel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'parallel'
 pkgname=parallel
-version=20161222
+version=20170122
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel"
-maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=2714be9b6957ce6ddb268e8aa97f463d8eac97e55612cc055ef030afd9c80fb2
+checksum=417e83d9de2fe518a976fcff5a96bffe41421c2a57713cd5272cc89d1072aaa6
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# no html and pdf doc