diff --git a/srcpkgs/xboard/template b/srcpkgs/xboard/template
index b8d4de57441..2e7b7250807 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xboard/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xboard/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xboard'
 pkgname=xboard
-version=4.8.0
-revision=3
+version=4.9.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-gtk --enable-zippy"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c88f48fc7fe067be0a13b8d121c38551145f889719c212717884e5e82d902d17
+checksum=4b964ba1ef41124548140ec21e89cb3e0b42449e37c4c486e394f95df4c866ab
 
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/fairymax/gnuchess/g' */xboard.h xboard.conf