diff --git a/xterm/.md5sum b/xterm/.md5sum
index cc9a6211c..f074a3997 100644
--- a/xterm/.md5sum
+++ b/xterm/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 2bc971a1753fe57aca05fde7c005a16c  configure.diff
-bcf4f0ba51f5f58fd5bef76b3d05e40e  xterm-258.tgz
+22037e1b794d749072310cb142800f05  xterm-259.tgz
diff --git a/xterm/Pkgfile b/xterm/Pkgfile
index 57d59b03d..1846135fc 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=258
+version=259
 release=1
 source=(ftp://invisible-island.net/$name/$name-$version.tgz \
         configure.diff)