diff --git a/srcpkgs/compton-git/template b/srcpkgs/compton-git/template
index 251ddd10d27..b4fe837f0af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/compton-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/compton-git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'compton-git'
 pkgname=compton-git
-version=20150922
+version=20160504
 revision=1
 build_style="gnu-makefile"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc pcre-devel git"
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ do_fetch() {
 	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
 	git clone ${url} ${wrksrc}
 	cd ${wrksrc}
-	git reset --hard 2343e4bbd298b35ea5c190c52abd2b0cb9f79a18
+	git reset --hard e5074a5129a5e45b1839c3025f3358ac6903d611
 }