diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt6-websockets/template b/srcpkgs/qt6-websockets/template
index 4b816db33bf..0cfc1cc2ebb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt6-websockets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt6-websockets/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qt6-websockets'
 pkgname=qt6-websockets
-version=6.7.2
+version=6.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="perl qt6-base qt6-declarative-host-tools"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="(LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND GPL-3.0-only with Qt-GPL-exception-1.0"
 homepage="https://qt.io/"
 distfiles="http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${version%.*}/${version}/submodules/qtwebsockets-everywhere-src-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5bde4af6ec9ce8c8632b782ab77b82d910721be2c714e6d38902521bcd1d215f
+checksum=e4cfdae8760bedd1c2b00429a6c9bf88cc11c5018dcb46bde277fb1edf341e3f
 
 do_check() {
 	cd build