diff --git a/srcpkgs/sway/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/sway/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0120d14908b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sway/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	setcap CAP_SYS_NICE=+ep usr/bin/sway
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sway/template b/srcpkgs/sway/template
index bfb862c9aaa..db51ad2a359 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sway/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sway/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'sway'
 pkgname=sway
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dwerror=false -Db_ndebug=false"
 conf_files="/etc/sway/config"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel scdoc git"
-makedepends="wlroots-devel pcre-devel json-c-devel pango-devel cairo-devel
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel scdoc"
+makedepends="wlroots-devel pcre2-devel json-c-devel pango-devel cairo-devel
  gdk-pixbuf-devel libevdev-devel"
-depends="swaybg xorg-server-xwayland"
+depends="libcap-progs swaybg xorg-server-xwayland"
 short_desc="Tiling Wayland compositor compatible with i3"
 maintainer="Olaf Mersmann <olafm@p-value.net>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://swaywm.org"
-distfiles="https://github.com/swaywm/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0c64536fb2883ec518e75cfb119f9300115fb49b084e3fde62b794fe2c6c8d84
+distfiles="https://github.com/swaywm/sway/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fae0422bca8f528027f77e3a7bbea2be0498bba2ad3f0d22554ff8827e37f04e
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE