diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc/template b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
index 0186d9dc4d..de7462ba3d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ghc'
 pkgname=ghc
 # Keep this synchronized with http://www.stackage.org/lts
-version=8.6.4
+version=8.6.5
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
 patch_args="-Np1"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/"
 distfiles="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version%[!0-9]}/${pkgname}-${version%[!0-9]}-src.tar.xz"
-checksum=5b5d07e4463203a433c3ed3df461ba6cce11b6d2b9b264db31f3429075d0303a
+checksum=4d4aa1e96f4001b934ac6193ab09af5d6172f41f5a5d39d8e43393b9aafee361
 nocross=yes  # ask leah2 before wasting time trying to do that
 _bindir="/usr/lib/${pkgname}-${version}/bin"
 nopie_files="