diff --git a/srcpkgs/focuswriter/template b/srcpkgs/focuswriter/template
index 5ada7a72fb7..c0229e43799 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/focuswriter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/focuswriter/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'focuswriter'
 pkgname=focuswriter
-version=1.8.8
+version=1.8.9
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt6-tools qt6-base"
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gottcode/focuswriter/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1dfa49cd02df8847cd5e785693cefb9e67fd9ad2e44d9b580d46e484b147c60a
+checksum=fc6c221ffdc20d0573c82ce27d2e396ca3770e407c27c7055c47e0b1f48498a9