diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/template b/srcpkgs/racket/template
index e851f4240be..fba4c717ab6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'racket'
 pkgname=racket
-version=6.12
-revision=3
+version=7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_wrksrc=src
 hostmakedepends="gsfonts"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://racket-lang.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/$version/$pkgname-$version-src.tgz"
-checksum=655e052847c53e7c64ab9ad2247860c7b9abe2c4b0966474f0375127fff58c33
+checksum=2a4960292379da84c8356a506fc0567ece54211c267bd20022b7a7abab2a9bbe
 nostrip=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then