diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
index 35352b2d101..8805da96f48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'litecoin'
 pkgname=litecoin
-version=0.6.9.2
-revision=4
+version=0.8.5.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="which"
-makedepends="db-devel>=5.3 openssl-devel boost-devel>=1.53 automoc4 miniupnpc-devel"
+makedepends="db-devel>=5.3 openssl-devel boost-devel>=1.54 automoc4 miniupnpc-devel>=1.8"
 short_desc="Peer-to-peer Internet currency based on scrypt cryptography"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.litecoin.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5528ce2e6b4fd797128176743a14552d241b1ca61f742d6f96f199b02d494c08
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b v${version} git://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin.git ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
 
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} -f makefile.unix -C src CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" USE_UPNP=1