diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index ed8a24a217d..83ae0f8e037 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.38.4
+version=0.38.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config flex libxslt automake libtool"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=2cb33a63bd17737e72f5f4f9ca4109f398500ee1f17a01ff4ef94139b07ae5e9
+checksum=2fa746b51cd66e43577d1da06a80b708c2875cadaafee77e9700ea35cf23882c
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi