diff --git a/srcpkgs/tar/template b/srcpkgs/tar/template
index 0e07368f46..0714c287e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tar/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'tar'.
 pkgname=tar
-version=1.27
+version=1.27.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="The GNU tape archiver with remote magnetic tape support"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=1b2a6b4b9de6b48e9e994276197e1f18e512a9acf6f598905f0e481ca3f8245b
+checksum=574210bccbcf9eec889f73234a63ad6863f5b8644ac1f3d7f13871372295b7c7
 
 tar_package() {
 	conflicts="chroot-tar>=0"