diff --git a/srcpkgs/grc/template b/srcpkgs/grc/template
index 5bc0b26263..98541add9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'grc'.
 pkgname=grc
-version=1.7
+version=1.9
 revision=1
 short_desc="Colouriser for logfiles and output of commands"
 homepage="http://korpus.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/grc.html"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Georg Schabel <gescha@posteo.de>"
 
 distfiles="https://github.com/garabik/grc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=20430dc71f843316bc10ae26c7318e2eb7ba65c61048ee0c02f961e459d47602
+checksum=269ab717dc105c124f6eb48b4b8d3ab68660c0f1244eaea140f0188cb9af4b80
 depends="python"
 noarch="yes"
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}.conf"