diff --git a/srcpkgs/castero/template b/srcpkgs/castero/template
index d86c865af13..2d6c421eee3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/castero/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/castero/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'castero'
 pkgname=castero
-version=0.7.0
-revision=2
+version=0.8.0
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="castero"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-BeautifulSoup4 python3-cjkwrap
  python3-mpv python3-requests"
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Nathan Owens <ndowens04@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/xgi/castero"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xgi/castero/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e3fe50a972617a610f50aae0c10f261513776acc3ac6efe40146ad6cfd237895
+checksum=31b302c436fd732d0af3767ed55c0f7e7698a463da86eba333053c6bd59f51d1
 
 # Remove requirement of python3-vlc
 # as we can use python3-mpv instead,