diff --git a/srcpkgs/parallel/template b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
index aacc761da1f..2d0f61cd8cd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parallel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parallel/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'parallel'
 pkgname=parallel
-version=20171222
+version=20180122
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ 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=9bc8c7fd2420ee9c6f4eeaf11d08c77682dbb02dc64d64881f38110f693379dc
+checksum=e906c271dfa0e973a9ea151fe7caaba742e0f400e86a69687ea6b04ad6bd6bf2
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# no html and pdf doc