diff --git a/xterm/.md5sum b/xterm/.md5sum
index df16834f4..b7c4a896e 100644
--- a/xterm/.md5sum
+++ b/xterm/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 2bc971a1753fe57aca05fde7c005a16c  configure.diff
-ef73f7f1eb8c863c51f2bfac1f55efd1  xterm-247.tgz
+70771a21fbc54a79f68374cebb49935a  xterm-248.tgz
diff --git a/xterm/Pkgfile b/xterm/Pkgfile
index 0f710bb2b..62461d43d 100644
--- a/xterm/Pkgfile
+++ b/xterm/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on: xorg-libxaw xorg-font-alias xorg-font-misc-misc
 
 name=xterm
-version=247
+version=248
 release=1
 source=(ftp://invisible-island.net/$name/$name-$version.tgz \
         configure.diff)