diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 5b120be1002..13598082432 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for "git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.8.3.4
+version=1.8.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --without-tcltk"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=dfa2cdf2df92b4abe956b1e7586030381c4e39e89161ab789a660d8d1f24d9d9
+checksum=51e8522c256ef8091c6fd5846b9cef8ba4e764819193b5b6cec570f530e6cb94
 
 hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl"
 makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel python-devel"