diff --git a/srcpkgs/nettle/template b/srcpkgs/nettle/template
index b6ff181da1..8a985db52b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nettle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nettle/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'nettle'.
 pkgname=nettle
-version=2.5
-revision=2
+version=2.7
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="gmp-devel"
 configure_args="--enable-shared"
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ short_desc="A low-level cryptographic library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/security/lsh/nettle-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4aa142e908b0053082d7729fc0155dc90dbe71c8ef5f50f30034805ed5c92c72
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c294ea133c05382cc2effb1734d49f4abeb1ad8515543a333de49a11422cd4d6
 long_desc="
  Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or
  less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 nettle-devel_package() {
 	depends="gmp-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" -- development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ nettle-devel_package() {
 }
 
 nettle-tools_package() {
-	short_desc="${short_desc} (bundled tools)"
+	short_desc+=" -- bundled tools"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin
 	}