diff --git a/srcpkgs/slang/template b/srcpkgs/slang/template
index e2055202d28..6f26f6f7949 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slang/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'slang'
 pkgname=slang
-version=2.3.1
+version=2.3.1a
 revision=1
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Jens E. Becker <v2px@v2px.de>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.jedsoft.org/slang"
 distfiles="http://www.jedsoft.org/releases/slang/slang-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=a810d5da7b0c0c8c335393c6b4f12884be6fa7696d9ca9521ef21316a4e00f9d
+checksum=54f0c3007fde918039c058965dffdfd6c5aec0bad0f4227192cc486021f08c36
 
 conf_files="/etc/slsh.rc"