diff --git a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
index 0b8234a5d25..3ab9e22e640 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mercurial/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mercurial'
 pkgname=mercurial
-version=6.8
+version=6.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3 python3-setuptools python3-devel gettext git"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="dataCobra <datacobra@thinkbot.de>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/"
 distfiles="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=08e4d0e5da8af1132b51e6bc3350180ad57adcd935f097b6d0bc119a2c2c0a10
+checksum=030e8a7a6d590e4eaeb403ee25675615cd80d236f3ab8a0b56dcc84181158b05
 
 pre_check() {
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then