diff --git a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
index ed53ddaacf3..79209120a16 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template build file for 'aircrack-ng'
 _aircrack_ver=1.2
-_aircrack_beta=beta3
+_aircrack_rc=rc1
 
 pkgname=aircrack-ng
-version="${_aircrack_ver}${_aircrack_beta}"
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_aircrack_ver}-${_aircrack_beta}"
+version="${_aircrack_ver}${_aircrack_rc}"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_aircrack_ver}-${_aircrack_rc}"
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="sqlite=true libnl=false"
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ short_desc="A key cracker for the 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK protocols"
 homepage="http://www.aircrack-ng.org/"
 maintainer="Jan S. <jan.schreib@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="http://download.aircrack-ng.org/${pkgname}-${_aircrack_ver}-${_aircrack_beta}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2d22ae13360d466ffff1699cb1300ce5f807ffe9762314bb60ee49d9d2efe98d
+distfiles="http://download.aircrack-ng.org/${pkgname}-${_aircrack_ver}-${_aircrack_rc}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cf3134521e1c3d7aed4e384e3e5e7b6959e2d485bd1554474608a3a9328e35fd
 update_pattern="Latest version: \K[^<]*(?=<.*)"