diff --git a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
index 7f41f8a02b7..11bc60d4f32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'pugixml'
 pkgname=pugixml
-version=1.8
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support"
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://pugixml.org/"
 distfiles="http://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v${version}/pugixml-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=8ef26a51c670fbe79a71e9af94df4884d5a4b00a2db38a0608a87c14113b2904
+checksum=00d974a1308e85ca0677a981adc1b2855cb060923181053fb0abf4e2f37b8f39
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On"
+wrksrc=$pkgname-1.8
 
 pugixml-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"