diff --git a/srcpkgs/weechat/template b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
index e9850cfafbe..804c6acc46e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weechat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weechat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'weechat'
 pkgname=weechat
-version=1.8
+version=1.9
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=cmake
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ depends="ca-certificates"
 short_desc="Fast, light and extensible IRC client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
-homepage="http://www.weechat.org"
+homepage="https://www.weechat.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=087c44282e499bb0faf2d3e793ca4b2e714113d24040139cd1353d7a06017582
+checksum=8c924a71a35becb169b9e0a6b4628997503f30a74563c0e2d0bdf55dbb82d675
 
 subpackages="weechat-aspell weechat-devel weechat-ruby weechat-python weechat-tcl weechat-lua"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then