diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 9ccfbf7a173..cb8e673162d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=5.0.2
+version=5.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="hgdemandimport hgext hgext3rd mercurial"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/"
 distfiles="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=29b850792f1f054cece5b8de8e815dbbe266e1d11814c3755290c0879883c0f8
+checksum=6222d92d860e411e422b7dc58062132bc512fa52ec48a71143b40cab4be7c829
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1