diff --git a/xorg/sowm/checksums b/xorg/sowm/checksums
index 9afbedf0..6fd367f7 100644
--- a/xorg/sowm/checksums
+++ b/xorg/sowm/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f69975670c015f3caf5f24ac448bd29cc215ae72458ca755c148c600dd2527ed  1.2.tar.gz
+7962983811c16f9fa35b28331e658a30613bd437ef75a9298e931e33b56d326a  1.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/xorg/sowm/sources b/xorg/sowm/sources
index 1d9a9cca..4293a072 100644
--- a/xorg/sowm/sources
+++ b/xorg/sowm/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm/archive/1.2.tar.gz
+https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm/archive/1.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/xorg/sowm/version b/xorg/sowm/version
index f76d8346..7e8c7865 100644
--- a/xorg/sowm/version
+++ b/xorg/sowm/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2 1
+1.5 1