diff --git a/srcpkgs/amsynth/template b/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
index 568380b6eaf..a2b27787b79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'amsynth'
 pkgname=amsynth
-version=1.8.0
-revision=2
+version=1.9.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pandoc intltool pkg-config"
 makedepends="dssi-devel ladspa-sdk gtk+-devel jack-devel alsa-lib-devel
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ maintainer="Olga Ustuzhanina <me@laserbat.pw>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://amsynth.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/amsynth/${pkgname}/releases/download/release-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=d05363b654752494c4b6a404d80d70d27857db5ec9ca398eebcf6c5b466d6668
+checksum=c0d1e11be528366da543363e73363a4b9fd86f72e03d2d22adb3ec355fa61a80
diff --git a/srcpkgs/amsynth/update b/srcpkgs/amsynth/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3094846993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/amsynth/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=release