diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index 1d25820d5be..b26cc140bf7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=9.95
+version=9.97
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 distfiles="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4508c360167f2329a379e0f5a2bf29a55354716944d51e5550c6f68108ab86b6
+checksum=7cff22dd7e9d234c67dcaf8ad52f3af3482a6a5cd87b604397f20bbb3431745c