diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9b1a0d6924..d0ee3d2179 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ libcherokee-server.so.0 libcherokee-1.2.101_1
 libnilfs.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfsgc.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
 libnilfscleaner.so.0 libnilfs-2.1.0_1
-libchicken.so.6 libchicken-4.7.0_1
+libchicken.so.7 libchicken-4.9.0_1
 libmdb.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libmdbsql.so.0 libmdb-0.5_1
 libkmod.so.2 libkmod-5_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/template b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
index facd4c17a2..57debd025a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chicken/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'chicken'
 pkgname=chicken
-version=4.8.0.5
-revision=2
+version=4.9.0
+revision=1
 short_desc="A practical and portable Scheme system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.call-cc.org"
-distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=5b9192951bc61cc19dd4963cceb93908bff46b6868d7927f19850e8973c430fb
+distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/${version}/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=2f2abe1829971c83a6b7e8f58f8aaeb76b3728e2679d99b0f840433af2564a22
 
 # No ARM support??!!!
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"