diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
index 10f6765a0a..d4601ca6f7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gtkedit'
 pkgname=gtkedit
-version=0.1.6
+version=0.1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ short_desc="Text Editor written in C and Gtk+2"
 homepage="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=762f0d62f6733fd35d5d53003066a8eca1ad91d8724ec56d14573a251ac4b29d
+checksum=bcca9e6dbdfafe9c77204ff0dee57678286fd9c5b6fd21e73d11b6652f0c076f
 wrksrc="gtkwrite-${version}"
 
 # Without GtkSourceView it will compile as 'gtkedit'