diff --git a/packages/weechat/build.sh b/packages/weechat/build.sh
index 3e436f06a..64814bc5d 100755
--- a/packages/weechat/build.sh
+++ b/packages/weechat/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://weechat.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Fast, light and extensible IRC chat client"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.8
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=087c44282e499bb0faf2d3e793ca4b2e714113d24040139cd1353d7a06017582
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.9
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8c924a71a35becb169b9e0a6b4628997503f30a74563c0e2d0bdf55dbb82d675
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, libgcrypt, libcurl, libgnutls, libandroid-support"
 # weechat-curses is a symlink to weechat, so remove it: