diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-ply/template b/srcpkgs/python-ply/template
index ba88b84d6f8..0466d4ebe44 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-ply/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-ply/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-ply'
 pkgname=python-ply
-version=3.8
+version=3.9
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="ply-${version}"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/ply/ply-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e7d1bdff026beb159c9942f7a17e102c375638d9478a7ecd4cc0c76afd8de0b8
+checksum=0d7e2940b9c57151392fceaa62b0865c45e06ce1e36687fd8d03f011a907f43e
 
 post_install() {
 	sed -n '/Copyright/,/POSSIBILITY/p' README.md >LICENSE