diff --git a/net-p2p/rtorrent/patches/rtorrent-0.9.7.patchset b/net-p2p/rtorrent/patches/rtorrent-0.9.8.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from net-p2p/rtorrent/patches/rtorrent-0.9.7.patchset
rename to net-p2p/rtorrent/patches/rtorrent-0.9.8.patchset
diff --git a/net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.7.recipe b/net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.8.recipe
similarity index 92%
rename from net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.7.recipe
rename to net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.8.recipe
index 29ee8f109..cae0bfd99 100644
--- a/net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.7.recipe
+++ b/net-p2p/rtorrent/rtorrent-0.9.8.recipe
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ DESCRIPTION="rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++,
 based on the libTorrent libraries for Unix, whose author's goal is 'a \
 focus on high performance and good code'."
 HOMEPAGE="http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/"
-COPYRIGHT="2005-2018 Jari Sundell"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2019 Jari Sundell"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
-REVISION="3"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/releases/download/v$portVersion/rtorrent-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="5d9842fe48c9582fbea2c7bf9f51412c1ccbba07d059b257039ad53b863fe8bb"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="9edf0304bf142215d3bc85a0771446b6a72d0ad8218efbe184b41e4c9c7542af"
 PATCHES="rtorrent-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86 ?x86_gcc2 x86_64"