diff --git a/srcpkgs/ansible/template b/srcpkgs/ansible/template
index becd43f1de..2de84c6e04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ansible/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ansible/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ansible'
 pkgname=ansible
-version=1.7.2
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 makedepends="python-devel python-Jinja2 python-paramiko python-yaml"
 depends="${makedepends//-devel/}"
 pycompile_module="${pkgname}"
-short_desc="A radically simple deployment, model-driven configuration management, and command execution framework"
+short_desc="Simple deployment, configuration management and execution framework"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.ansibleworks.com"
 distfiles="http://releases.ansible.com/ansible/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=a17ce716b47f831ea9c88bdab33753fa3870c7ea8a1ee5e8c1287ca40c8498ac
+checksum=d5e4e414834e119083ee01d6a40668d9a69b044b861d78c3fdfb6beb97660b09