diff --git a/srcpkgs/alacritty/template b/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
index f71bae7a23e..36e164fc1bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'alacritty'
 pkgname=alacritty
-version=0.1.0.20170911
+version=0.1.0.20180508
 revision=1
-_commit=eb231b3e70b87875df4bdd1974d5e94704024d70
+_commit=24e8a19e7d981fbc8853891ad4a17a9de2ac36bd
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_commit}"
 hostmakedepends="rust cargo cmake pkg-config"
 makedepends="freetype-devel fontconfig-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1d697f08bb4a63142d6ca36b2eaef0ce92cbd13eb029b1a393fcca691237bd1c
+checksum=91d9f6b01770fa3e9ac4da306bbe95eae56819f13cc77668d7dd1ed2874b60b5
 
 nocross=yes