diff --git a/srcpkgs/ack/template b/srcpkgs/ack/template
index d377254a04c..2140c3677bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ack/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'ack'
 pkgname=ack
-version=2.22
+version=2.24
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl-File-Next"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+makedepends="$hostmakedepends"
+depends="$makedepends"
 short_desc="Tool like grep, optimized for programmers"
 maintainer="Jan S. <jan.schreib@gmail.com>"
-homepage="https://beyondgrep.com/"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
+homepage="https://beyondgrep.com/"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/App/ack-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=02c441dbbc86bf69c792ae92dc92419a0448c31f69d9703dd1530425c36e0f6c
+checksum=72934009ad8fe712deeb2c41960f2746d0a25e3a226ad7c54232c00105e54f00