diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeorion/template b/srcpkgs/freeorion/template
index 038f623b744..3942da421f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeorion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeorion/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'freeorion'
 pkgname=freeorion
-version=0.4.7.1
-revision=4
-_release=${version}_2017-09-03.139ffd9
+version=0.4.8
+revision=1
+_release=${version}_2018-08-23.26f16b0
 wrksrc="src-tarball"
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="cppcheck doxygen python-pycodestyle"
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ depends="${pkgname}-data desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Turn-based space empire and galactic conquest (4X) computer game"
 maintainer="cr6git <quark6@protonmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page"
+homepage="https://freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeorion/freeorion/master/ChangeLog.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/releases/download/v${version}/FreeOrion_v${_release}_Source.tar.gz"
-checksum=15ace123318e46321b95a358439145ad1835d8edbc020afbf295f4919a0fa131
+checksum=d405dbeb43afb7fa76937cf15cdb10b15e818da171ec1eb03e4a1c3ecbba46f7
 
 post_extract() {
 	_build_no=${_release/*_/}