diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
index b2d44ecd33d..7bf4e4630f9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'freeplane'
 pkgname=freeplane
-version=1.7.10
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 hostmakedepends="apache-ant openjdk8 unzip gradle"
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname%20stable/${pkgname}_src-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=6d594eb0c5b237fdf5ae2b37743d3aae09a93d7a07552a5d598362e37ed30ec5
-broken="doesn't build with gradle6, fails later if fixed"
+checksum=6bab134c45ad7456c26e337ac9f0de15ee5182af574bd6aa27dfce6a6c4291e8
 
 make_dirs="
 /usr/share/freeplane/fwdir/condperm/ 755 root root