diff --git a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
index 5ac8032996f211..ef6a8f5f5be0a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'syntax-highlighting'
 pkgname=syntax-highlighting
-version=5.96.0
+version=5.97.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DKATEHIGHLIGHTINGINDEXER_EXECUTABLE=/usr/libexec/${pkgname}/katehighlightingindexer"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=1affa16519f04e0a05f37fda67acce2ac943e74eb8322591896765d7e1cbd79c
+checksum=e88b9691ffead9cbfb11ae43c497114c7695e1e455e78dad30743c90ab50a99d
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" syntax-highlighting"