diff --git a/srcpkgs/strace/template b/srcpkgs/strace/template
index b7f3dcd7aa..1dee1f5953 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/strace/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/strace/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'strace'
 pkgname=strace
-version=4.7
-revision=3
+version=4.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="System Call Tracer"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=c49cd98873c119c5f201356200a9b9687da1ceea83a05047e2ae0a7ac1e41195
+checksum=f492291f07a7c805c07a8395cce1ea054a6401ad414f4cc12185672215e1d7f8
 long_desc="
  strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out
  a trace of all the system calls made by a process/program."