diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
index 480ee2326e..ed8dccabe1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'smplayer'
 pkgname=smplayer
-version=17.8.0
+version=17.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="qt5-host-tools qt5-tools qt5-script-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=70790ebdb91b25b4293212987c642285819c8fced4babf1dea54b26d8ffba76a
+checksum=2af0090b9607acace1b275f9349a50645f784f72cc0bd6454b02515e99292869
 
 pre_build() {
 	export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX QMAKE_CFLAGS=\"${CFLAGS}\" \