diff --git a/xterm/.md5sum b/xterm/.md5sum
index 0667bbcaa..f30c0552c 100644
--- a/xterm/.md5sum
+++ b/xterm/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 2bc971a1753fe57aca05fde7c005a16c  configure.diff
-63d498b14a9d45ae79d3fd3124c72a17  xterm-296.tgz
+45610ae6fe90cf086fcd75b9cb97bbaf  xterm-297.tgz
diff --git a/xterm/Pkgfile b/xterm/Pkgfile
index 68d88ff0c..307c0ccf7 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=296
+version=297
 release=1
 source=(ftp://invisible-island.net/$name/$name-$version.tgz \
         configure.diff)