diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
index 0c218c4f23..6d13c3c71e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'smplayer'
 pkgname=smplayer
-version=16.7.0
+version=16.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="zlib-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=6989972d5c2d8bacdf66b6db669b3be015a55ba6db0bfdc4180790c02dc4e218
+checksum=3ced2085808798bd2cdb1ca623686dbde3ac6b7acccee9de4786a2d5f96d9c81
 
 pre_build() {
 	export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=\"${CXXFLAGS}\" QMAKE_LFLAGS=\"${LDFLAGS}\""