diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 6b8ad385c6e..54388f905e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=4.9.1
+version=5.0.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="hgdemandimport hgext hgext3rd mercurial"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@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=1bdd21bb87d1e05fb5cd395d488d0e0cc2f2f90ce0fd248e31a03595da5ccb47
+checksum=4c98a8e4cd5595feaa5ef7385ee2ac6b78bb4599353d3851c0823bd5543e62ce
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1