diff --git a/packages/kakoune/build.sh b/packages/kakoune/build.sh
index ae508508b..bd7454025 100644
--- a/packages/kakoune/build.sh
+++ b/packages/kakoune/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Code editor heavily inspired by Vim"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Unlicense"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2020.09.01
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2021.08.28
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/releases/download/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION/kakoune-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=861a89c56b5d0ae39628cb706c37a8b55bc289bfbe3c72466ad0e2757ccf0175
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6f6ed7dfd8c5723210dbd848708acf03af4b847016fd3ede96b2a89ad32276cb
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS=" -C src debug=no "