diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-faulthandler/template b/srcpkgs/python-faulthandler/template
index bea99e84e2d..a48b153f0f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-faulthandler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-faulthandler/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'python-faulthandler'
 pkgname=python-faulthandler
-version=2.6
+version=3.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="faulthandler-${version}"
 build_style=python2-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 makedepends="python-devel"
-short_desc="Display the Python traceback on a crash"
+short_desc="Backport of the faulthandler module from Python 3.3+"
 maintainer="raphaelnepomuceno <raphael.blindjoker@gmail.com>"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 homepage="https://faulthandler.readthedocs.io/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/faulthandler/faulthandler-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=59487773e0189d6236ec694af53ac1fe564ec4a6d9593818deadd9afe4c0dc7f
+checksum=acc10e10909f0f956ba1b42b6c450ea0bdaaa27b3942899f65931396cfcdd36a
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING