diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index b5bc58fa99..33900e8fb5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=8.2
+version=8.4
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=6c60890993c6885e6d33dc78e1267d66686dd3d0b86670c1a74c48f390b8d30e
+checksum=57214983882ef811614096c7d0e27fcc6d60bc045757c3930fdb620e822b7617
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities