diff --git a/srcpkgs/binutils/template b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
index 03ea951f7d..cb505d477c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/binutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'binutils'
 pkgname=binutils
-version=2.33.1
+version=2.34
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 short_desc="GNU binary utilities"
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=ab66fc2d1c3ec0359b8e08843c9f33b63e8707efdff5e4cc5c200eae24722cbf
+checksum=f00b0e8803dc9bab1e2165bd568528135be734df3fabf8d0161828cd56028952
 
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="flex perl"
+	hostmakedepends="flex perl texinfo"
 	checkdepends="bc"
 	depends="binutils-doc"
 else