diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/template b/srcpkgs/upower/template
index 60266bd6b39..c84dad8ad80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'upower'
 pkgname=upower
-version=0.9.7
+version=0.9.8
 distfiles="http://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--localstatedir=/var --with-backend=linux"
 short_desc="Abstraction for enumerating power devices"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=7db45ff675e6836e89adc84d6937e9e5cd468ded89e8bd19edcbfb1a28f42933
+checksum=7afaec3cb10ebbc898308c7abd250c27fd58e10379a42e80444d7a4b32f2eb91
 long_desc="
  UPower is an abstraction for enumerating power devices, listening to device
  events and querying history and statistics. Any application or service on