diff --git a/net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.8.patchset b/net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.9.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.8.patchset
rename to net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.9.patchset
diff --git a/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe b/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.9.recipe
similarity index 95%
rename from net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe
rename to net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.9.recipe
index a6cc12ccf..0066a088b 100644
--- a/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe
+++ b/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.9.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2003-2016 Sébastien Helleu"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="087c44282e499bb0faf2d3e793ca4b2e714113d24040139cd1353d7a06017582"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8c924a71a35becb169b9e0a6b4628997503f30a74563c0e2d0bdf55dbb82d675"
 PATCHES="weechat-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"