diff --git a/srcpkgs/zlib/template b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
index 3d644d6f27..a1dd91dcdd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'zlib'
 pkgname=zlib
-version=1.2.6
+version=1.2.7
 homepage="http://www.zlib.net"
 distfiles="$homepage/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ make_install_args="LDCONFIG="
 short_desc="A compression/decompression Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="zlib"
-checksum=fa3e3e4881fa5810b8903f2c7e0dcd5a0a673535f0438021c4bbb5db1b918c8e
+checksum=49e2e9658dfb036900da6ea0267a737fa3c4eee6666776d378c79d52e9334934
 long_desc="
  This is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
  is thread safe. The data format used by the library is described