diff --git a/sysutils/hal/Makefile b/sysutils/hal/Makefile
index f47d60acdeb3..2d6e61a72c1f 100644
--- a/sysutils/hal/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/hal/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 		GTKDOC="false"
 
 HALVERSION=	0.5.8
-SNAPVERSION=	20061217
+SNAPVERSION=	20061224
 
 .if !defined(HAL_SLAVE)
 USE_RC_SUBR=	hald
diff --git a/sysutils/hal/distinfo b/sysutils/hal/distinfo
index e86ad66f9a16..97b461ba5948 100644
--- a/sysutils/hal/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/hal/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (hal-0.5.8.20061217.tar.bz2) = 845f2a6413fcd5b694e5a53abf1c12ac
-SHA256 (hal-0.5.8.20061217.tar.bz2) = ef84b2bf65c58adcd8c1e1e11c6e0a5bc727334e49a8254f9fe20b47ce47d0bc
-SIZE (hal-0.5.8.20061217.tar.bz2) = 1372044
+MD5 (hal-0.5.8.20061224.tar.bz2) = db7dbc92f921167b478e7932705c8a3f
+SHA256 (hal-0.5.8.20061224.tar.bz2) = c613e30b549c7d50ecd710ec23cbcf4dec5391a36b8cb3dd67aeb410a89e270c
+SIZE (hal-0.5.8.20061224.tar.bz2) = 1372509