diff --git a/srcpkgs/rakudo/template b/srcpkgs/rakudo/template
index 06ba38a4f5..13c94b3983 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rakudo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rakudo/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'rakudo'
 pkgname=rakudo
-version=2018.06
+version=2018.08
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
+make_check_target=test
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --backends=moar"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
@@ -14,6 +15,5 @@ license="Artistic-2.0"
 homepage="https://rakudo.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/master/docs/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b93588f38836edabf3ded0842f81e9ab950e4792c7e0b230e800f1bb6ccde8eb
+checksum=7e20fc8126da443e7d06f1abf2000695b46e1906a9a49e2b0f6b82a0938e046a
 nocross=yes
-make_check_target=test