diff --git a/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template b/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
index 6866f6bbcc9..343608d0d9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'checkbashisms'
 pkgname=checkbashisms
-version=2.16.4
+version=2.16.8
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="devscripts-${version}"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/devscripts"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=628fd8153de351cc6d479656d5a8987dc91e3a8f34d1535caed41ce690ebbb43
+checksum=014a6915b32feb3c5d88978360a1511bf815c6bcc940869e21dd459bf1b6c177
 
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i "s|###VERSION###|${version}|" scripts/checkbashisms.pl