diff --git a/srcpkgs/aria2/template b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
index 3bfbaca98a..50a192a8b6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aria2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'aria2'
 pkgname=aria2
-version=1.18.7
+version=1.18.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-openssl --with-libexpat --without-gnutls
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://aria2.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=7944336efdfc82892802bec304698448e8d27b30f30496576716e8b93ebfff98
+checksum=ed08fb94dbf4713251a7a9f9eab3b63d480061cb94048720d8fe372f73d83863