diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index ca1ce6d3095..7d898b24777 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vim'
 pkgname=vim
-version=8.0.1216
+version=8.0.1298
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config glib-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel acl-devel libXt-devel gtk+-devel perl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.vim.org"
 license="Vim"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=da080b8d32fa2033517e71389cb4a036970b01607b35b55cc6fe4bc7c92f6d8f
+checksum=5126240843b559251fe6a96d4ce7e1dd3d1de9bcb38556dd9fe63b163629fdf2
 
 subpackages="xxd vim-common vim-x11 gvim"
 # XXX vim-huge cannot be cross compiled for now.