diff --git a/srcpkgs/fuse-overlayfs/template b/srcpkgs/fuse-overlayfs/template
index 402ff169309..ebf055c4920 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fuse-overlayfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fuse-overlayfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'fuse-overlayfs'
 pkgname=fuse-overlayfs
-version=1.7.1
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="autoconf automake pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cnemo@tutanota.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs"
 distfiles="https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fe2c076aed7b8669e7970301a99c0b197759b611035d8199de4c0add7d2fb2b4
+checksum=99cc7fac93716527c054f90c86eea508b7b87ca2132776c30544660e5365aba2
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh