diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 548df8e288..69e85205d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nodejs'
 pkgname=nodejs
-version=6.8.1
+version=6.9.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc=node-v${version}
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python icu"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=736f7651f59a78d5a0d88ab2430c93fc29a8efd1c06fd3fb4eb915b262bc2769
+checksum=2e2657d2ece89782ca9e2cc0300f9119998e73382caa7ad2995ab81cc26ad923
 
 build_options="ssl libuv http_parser"
 desc_option_libuv="Enable shared libuv"