diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
index 78b75f6977a..723af13c819 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiftool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'exiftool'
 pkgname=exiftool
-version=12.07
+version=12.08
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Image-ExifTool-${version}"
 build_style=perl-module
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://exiftool.org/"
 changelog="https://exiftool.org/history.html"
 distfiles="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d6720b53de21188bca746f4f1a0c2745486c6b8d5815f93b5590551f20cbbd6a
+checksum=9a5f3fb7eb98cb97e54f18a28e13d6c63e1f62ee3392969303e83db3de7b2286