diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunistring/template b/srcpkgs/libunistring/template
index e3b2271ec3..ff8558896a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunistring/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunistring/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libunistring'.
 pkgname=libunistring
-version=0.9.8
+version=0.9.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Library for manipulating Unicode strings and C strings"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/${pkgname}"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b792f2bd05d0fa7b339e39e353da7232b2e514e0db2cf5ed95beeff3feb53cf5
+checksum=f5e90c08f9e5427ca3a2c0c53f19aa38b25c500913510ad25afef86448bea84a
 
 libunistring-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files)"