diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3/template b/srcpkgs/i3/template
index 4ef91e9f89..d6074b6a89 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'i3'
 pkgname=i3
-version=4.7.2
-revision=2
+version=4.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="which perl pkg-config asciidoc xmlto"
 makedepends="pcre-devel>=8.30 yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://i3wm.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=6fe4565e364a5017eb6a89ce104d6bb21afcdb4bb0b3bee9526781fa64b1f393
+checksum=502c34290f239780bb40352191f0500e8f35d2446eddb573c67c27873d6a1b6b
 
 post_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} -C man
 }
-
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1
 	install -m644 man/*.1 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1