diff --git a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
index 883568586..6058047f4 100644
--- a/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/retroarch/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #  - disable broken pkgver function
 
 pkgname=retroarch
-pkgver=1.8.8
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.8.9
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Reference frontend for the libretro API'
 arch=(x86_64)
 url=http://www.libretro.com/
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ optdepends=(
   'wayland: Wayland support'
 )
 backup=(etc/retroarch.cfg)
+_tag=2e115baf36058d6f099db1ae7cf6dbdacb21c53c
 source=(
-  git+https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git#tag=9552f87157120252a9fad2e2c108ab08c2d3735e
+  git+https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git#tag=${_tag}
   retroarch-config.patch
 )
 sha256sums=(