diff --git a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
index cb01d515e2e..8ec2d5e1602 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'haproxy'
 pkgname=haproxy
-version=1.6.10
+version=1.7.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="TARGET=linux2628 USE_PCRE=1 USE_PCRE_JIT=1 USE_ZLIB=1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.haproxy.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/download/${version%.*}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5c865e0238d31b03ec7e31d4bf1a20d08984eea7fcf4bbb36a40bd35d8744460
+checksum=56a7f5e919755d9b01b64f91b497c2c4eabdbe3a6fd84f7e5192a264097d8759
 
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" EXTRA= \