diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit/depends b/srcpkgs/polkit/depends
index 7357c000f4..a05441ddc8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=0.95"
+abi_depends=">=0.99"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit/template b/srcpkgs/polkit/template
index dd056f25fb..84c5d95f8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'polkit'
 pkgname=polkit
-version=0.98
+version=0.99
 distfiles="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --localstatedir=/var --with-os-type=gentoo"
 short_desc="Authorization Toolkit"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=eda8493b438130dc7ee4f85099936beb35a62ef0fd0d1cd5b22c3c9613217f02
+checksum=f612c7c26ec822f67751420057a4ae113fc50ab51070758faacf2ad30bb3583f
 long_desc="
  PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the
  policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.