diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
index 8fc9df45db4..73b82e3c022 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ghc-bin'
 pkgname=ghc-bin
-version=7.10.3b
+version=8.0.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
 hostmakedepends="ncurses perl"
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ conflicts="ghc>=0 ghc-doc>=0"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 x86_64*)
 	distfiles="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version%[!0-9]}/ghc-${version}-x86_64-deb8-linux.tar.xz"
-	checksum=804c75c4635353bf987c1ca120b8531c7bb4957c5b84d29c7adc4894b6fd579d
+	checksum=b1c06af49b29521d5b122ef3311f5843e342db8b1769ea7c602cc16d66098ced
 	;;
 i686*)
-	distfiles="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version%[!0-9]}/ghc-${version}-i386-deb7-linux.tar.xz"
-	checksum=48a67d53f1bea8e07bd490cb56b77194c674ecc4d5cd228955f46eb1aceb4d29
+	distfiles="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version%[!0-9]}/ghc-${version}-i386-deb8-linux.tar.xz"
+	checksum=81c27c59f4c4efd7458f308d6a8e130b67c6c156999b78bad42caf78a7453ab1
 	;;
 esac