diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/patches/qdoc-location.patch b/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/patches/qdoc-location.patch
index 8e4df56a00b..f970f25011b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/patches/qdoc-location.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/patches/qdoc-location.patch
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@
  
 --- a/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/tst_lupdate.cpp
 +++ b/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/tst_lupdate.cpp
-@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ private:
- 
+@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
  tst_lupdate::tst_lupdate()
  {
+     m_timer.start();
 -    QString binPath = QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath);
 +    auto binPath = QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath);
 +    char *build_binpath = getenv("QT_BUILD_BIN_PATH");
 +    if (build_binpath && *build_binpath)
 +        binPath = build_binpath;
-     m_cmdLupdate = binPath + QLatin1String("/lupdate");
+     m_cmdLupdate = binPath + "/lupdate"_L1;
      m_basePath = QFINDTESTDATA("testdata/");
  }
 --- a/tests/auto/qtdiag/tst_qtdiag.cpp
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/template b/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/template
index 5fde45439cd..f71ef1f2291 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt6-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qt6-tools'
 pkgname=qt6-tools
-version=6.7.2
+version=6.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DEXTERNAL_GUMBO=ON -DLITEHTML_UTF8=ON -DUSE_ICU=ON
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="custom:GPL-3.0-only-with-Qt-GPL-exception-1.0, LGPL-3.0-only, GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://qt.io/"
 distfiles="http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${version%.*}/${version}/submodules/qttools-everywhere-src-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=58e855ad1b2533094726c8a425766b63a04a0eede2ed85086860e54593aa4b2a
+checksum=9d43d409be08b8681a0155a9c65114b69c9a3fc11aef6487bb7fdc5b283c432d
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" -DQT_FORCE_BUILD_TOOLS=TRUE"