diff --git a/srcpkgs/xterm/template b/srcpkgs/xterm/template
index cde36bc4e1..2a2cf63731 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xterm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xterm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xterm'
 pkgname=xterm
-version=368
+version=369
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-wide-chars --enable-88-color --enable-broken-osc
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="MIT, X11"
 homepage="http://invisible-island.net/xterm/"
 changelog="http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html"
-distfiles="https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/xterm/xterm-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=2ff5169930b6b49ef0bafb5e1331c94f1a98c310442bba7798add821c76ae712
+# using HTTP TEMPORARILY due to cert issues
+distfiles="http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/xterm/xterm-${version}.tgz"
+checksum=71ed6a48d064893d2149741a002781a973496fd24d52dadd364f63439a764e26
 
 post_install() {
 	for f in {u,}xterm.desktop; do