diff --git a/srcpkgs/xterm/template b/srcpkgs/xterm/template
index f65db9662b..00f51216cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xterm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xterm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'xterm'.
 pkgname=xterm
-version=288
+version=296
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-wide-chars --enable-88-color --enable-broken-osc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://invisible-island.net/xterm/"
 license="MIT/X11"
 distfiles="ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/$pkgname-$version.tgz"
-checksum=aaa1d9fab8da3010dced60b4fd41be5ec27c37ea5d5a0c1d5d8693b51ee75533
+checksum=619a6f397b73c19accc72f52e97fabe1dad38030963bfe086091892f07859906
 
 xterm_package() {
 	pkg_install() {