diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index ded805671a..e22834d870 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=11.96
+version=11.97
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://exiftool.org/"
 changelog="https://exiftool.org/history.html"
 distfiles="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=17bc517851dac7b7074857931ed28fe0edc523b50038193c9f3f4ce3779e40d9
+checksum=363057e6899848838836a76f0d9e08284852bf771aff77aa4b04ef8399a953e6