diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index ec26cb3ae28..4db31bb4ca6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
 pkgname=kiwix-lib
-version=8.0.1
+version=8.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.kiwix.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7ec123fb33f73b4835e869680fe81145a63d25b90bbfd67a187f814d4f907a90
+checksum=d5e498db7d24b2df3c77ff3521810949204de69793eecf8245b2366b93da27e0
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv6l*)