diff --git a/srcpkgs/bison/template b/srcpkgs/bison/template
index 836981e4e5d..36d45b10a41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bison/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bison/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template build file for 'bison'.
 pkgname=bison
-version=2.7
-revision=4
+version=3.0.4
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl m4"
+hostmakedepends="help2man perl m4"
 depends="m4"
 short_desc="GNU yacc(1) replacement"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=43d8c5c466486031d5e7195a152ff49651ccac91599692e788b5ec5b693ca7fd
+checksum=a72428c7917bdf9fa93cb8181c971b6e22834125848cf1d03ce10b1bb0716fe1