diff --git a/templates/coreutils/template b/templates/coreutils/template
index 6e5ecb3d922..b2dc2650c16 100644
--- a/templates/coreutils/template
+++ b/templates/coreutils/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=6.12
+version=7.1
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
 configure_env="PERL=/usr/bin/perl"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=49d2f703e2310e6328cb6f9d9bae3612c42b3ee5175f449692c5b95e453cf18a
+checksum=813cb19fa19a885f342664109c7c5810f0081b624ff317bba8d1b6ccd83c2a05
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities