diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
index 5de2a78a5e..bebbbe2a55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'alsa-utils'
 pkgname=alsa-utils
-version=1.1.7
+version=1.1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d --disable-alsaconf
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config xmlto"
 makedepends="libsamplerate-devel ncurses-devel"
 depends="alsa-lib"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/alsa 0750 root root"
-short_desc="The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities"
+short_desc="Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
-homepage="http://www.alsa-project.org"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="http://www.alsa-project.org"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=1db27fb54ab7fdeb54b00d68b8a174808ffea198cfbd67e3c959482194e1540a
+checksum=fd9bf528922b3829a91913b89a1858c58a0b24271a7b5f529923aa9ea12fa4cf
 
 post_install() {
 	# Install required udev rules file.