diff --git a/srcpkgs/screen/template b/srcpkgs/screen/template
index 3419228d3fc..0facab525f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/screen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/screen/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'screen'
 pkgname=screen
-version=4.7.0
+version=4.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-sys-screenrc=/etc/screenrc --enable-pam
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/s/screen/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=da775328fa783bd2a787d722014dbd99c6093effc11f337827604c2efc5d20c1
+checksum=6e11b13d8489925fde25dfb0935bf6ed71f9eb47eff233a181e078fde5655aa1
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall etc/etcscreenrc 0644 etc screenrc