diff --git a/pkgs/development/skaware-packages/execline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/skaware-packages/execline/default.nix
index 6adf4a2895fe..0f7ae2d61e09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/skaware-packages/execline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/skaware-packages/execline/default.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "2.9.6.1";
+  version = "2.9.7.0";
 in
 skawarePackages.buildPackage {
   inherit version;
 
   pname = "execline";
   # ATTN: also check whether there is a new manpages version
-  sha256 = "sha256-dpGdYvLeTbGsSzpZ7rPg4JtivN2a3ROuPy2tJvjw5co=";
+  sha256 = "sha256-c8kWDvyZQHjY6lSA+RYb/Rs88LYff6q3BKsYmFF9Agc=";
 
   # Maintainer of manpages uses following versioning scheme: for every
   # upstream $version he tags manpages release as ${version}.1, and,