diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcal/template b/srcpkgs/bcal/template
index 0307229432b695..5fb94b3ad447dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcal/template
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'bcal'
 pkgname=bcal
-version=2.4
+version=2.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="readline-devel"
-depends="bc"
 short_desc="Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/jarun/bcal"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jarun/bcal/master/CHANGELOG"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jarun/bcal/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=141f39d866f62274b2262164baaac6202f60749862c84c2e6ed231f6d03ee8df
+checksum=7e00d38aca2272ef93f55515841e2912ecf845914ec140f8e4c356e1493cf5cf
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" -ne 64 ]; then
 	broken="Can only be built for 64 bit targets which define __uint128_t."