diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
index 8d2fb45043c..27d712c85da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 _kmajor=3.8
 _kminor=0
-_kpatch=rc5
+_kpatch=rc7
 
 pkgname=kernel-snapshot
 version=${_kmajor}.${_kminor}${_kpatch}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 short_desc="The Linux kernel and modules (testing snapshot)"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux//kernel/v3.0/testing/linux-${_kmajor}-${_kpatch}.tar.xz"
-checksum=a9eb6881c771e7a3f119188ea692f76735ef95ec57037ac5c946cbf5c156f153
+checksum=88d25af982a9c66c4dc357319899b8673c33f810dcb000d300cb2920c7ab23d2
 
 _kernver="${_kmajor}.${_kminor}-${_kpatch}_${revision}"
 kernel_hooks_version="${_kernver}"