diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpvpaper/template b/srcpkgs/mpvpaper/template
index 48258df0b09..1f806976971 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpvpaper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpvpaper/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mpvpaper'
 pkgname=mpvpaper
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper"
 changelog="https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=52b32c9a25fd6c77d3fa12f1f6ef2505a656ca2eef4ebdc7ef48764205632803
+checksum=1354b3a2ed05bca38b61cfecaaddc2a38bc203719a27e3805928c2997840606d
 
 do_install() {
 	vman mpvpaper.man mpvpaper.1