diff --git a/srcpkgs/herbstluftwm/template b/srcpkgs/herbstluftwm/template
index 301bb2c6d6..62e78c6f0b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/herbstluftwm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/herbstluftwm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'herbstluftwm'
 pkgname=herbstluftwm
-version=0.8.3
+version=0.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://herbstluftwm.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="http://herbstluftwm.org/tarballs/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a14e3b7e0c1c3f6a318a0a9cf631a4ab572e6de22c84c77603cf38e1e425abe2
+checksum=7162e3e6ab6c93b4694c2cb28797ae6246a5be59ff68eeb55a7271dfb29e616d
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE