diff --git a/srcpkgs/R-cran-data.table/template b/srcpkgs/R-cran-data.table/template
index 700bb33cadf..d985c5c7eed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/R-cran-data.table/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/R-cran-data.table/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'R-cran-data.table'
 pkgname=R-cran-data.table
-version=1.14.0
+version=1.17.8
 revision=1
 build_style=R-cran
 makedepends="libgomp-devel pkg-config zlib-devel"
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ short_desc="Extension of 'data.frame'"
 maintainer="Florian Wagner <florian@wagner-flo.net>"
 license="MPL-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/wiki"
-checksum=13f1de244e7fa90fadfb0be964db5ffb324ca024d5f136feb4578b5daedaeb4d
+checksum=17f24496d548914fdac2b8ed00c7272f2e191ee32eb6bb8336f9beb6691330e0