diff --git a/srcpkgs/kicad/template b/srcpkgs/kicad/template
index 002410f7cb6..f11077d93bb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kicad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kicad/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'kicad'
 pkgname=kicad
-version=5.1.7
-revision=2
+version=5.1.8
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DKICAD_BUILD_VERSION=${version} -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
  -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ maintainer="Érico Nogueira <ericonr@disroot.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://kicad-pcb.org"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/${pkgname}/-/archive/${version}/kicad-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=96ad30aa289ed6f77ffcd8283d0877b700139187e5f1957acad8ad4dbad472bc
+checksum=bf24f8ef427b4a989479b8e4af0b8ae5c54766755f12748e2e88a922c5344ca4
 python_version=3
 
 build_options="spice occt"