diff --git a/templates/webkit-gtk/template b/templates/webkit-gtk/template
index 9cbdf52cef..1a36c97943 100644
--- a/templates/webkit-gtk/template
+++ b/templates/webkit-gtk/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'webkit-gtk'
 pkgname=webkit-gtk
 sourcepkg=$pkgname
-version=1.1.7
+version=1.1.8
 wrksrc=webkit-${version}
 distfiles="http://www.webkitgtk.org/webkit-${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--with-target=x11 --enable-3D-transforms
- --enable-channel-messaging --enable-svg-filters --with-font-backend=pango"
+ --enable-channel-messaging --enable-svg-filters --with-font-backend=freetype"
 short_desc="GTK2 port of the WebKit browser engine"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=1aaae2bc36ba7ffb27690647e1631f336c0aee56bad2fd91ee6ea906ff17945f
+checksum=984929e42c6904893f5cd73f6506f858a3859d2ee1a56d69b4f7e9f62a0d2ffa
 long_desc="
  WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of
  the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by