diff --git a/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc b/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
index 9901b990f..f36f0b5ef 100644
--- a/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
+++ b/x11/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode.desc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 8.7
+[V] 8.8
 [P] X -----5---9 165.700
 
-[D] 488752816 rxvt-unicode-8.7.tar.bz2 http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/
+[D] 4033981162 rxvt-unicode-8.8.tar.bz2 http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/