diff --git a/srcpkgs/alfred/template b/srcpkgs/alfred/template
index 60f7d4f81dc..02d5ed5ae2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alfred/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alfred/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'alfred'
 pkgname=alfred
-version=2016.5
+version=2017.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Daemon for distributing arbitrary information over a batman mesh"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2, ISC"
 homepage="http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki/Alfred"
 distfiles="http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/stable/sources/alfred/alfred-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=37b3babf7f37643cf296be11fb82d5730cf441a5a56f72fba96edae9f149c9d2
+checksum=f8d6d83d2ce30b2238354ce12073285387c0f4ca1a28060390ff50b411b50fa8
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcap-devel libnl3-devel"
 make_build_args="CONFIG_ALFRED_GPSD=n"