diff --git a/srcpkgs/kakoune/template b/srcpkgs/kakoune/template
index 98dff4f45c3..d662fd82666 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kakoune/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kakoune/template
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'kakoune'
 pkgname=kakoune
-version=0.0.20180317
+version=20180409
 revision=1
-_commit="7ba4ef897bbc7e6c7b65ccf01f4085ed86cd04d6"
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_commit}"
 build_wrksrc="src"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="debug=no"
 make_install_args="debug=no"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Selection-based vim-like editor with less keystrokes"
 maintainer="Jakub Skrzypnik <j.skrzypnik@openmailbox.org>"
-license="UNLICENSE"
+license="Unlicense"
 homepage="http://kakoune.org"
-distfiles="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7b369499b04b3c5f91283b5baf6b2c36948f8392b04cec809e1e5b81c04463ef
+distfiles="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/releases/download/v${version}/kakoune-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=ed0a2626788d0f5b906ceaa43393b0a796efeafa9f4d253138ff2c608467ade9