diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pybind11/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pybind11/template
index 038b3efb043..043a4db095c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pybind11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pybind11/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pybind11'
 pkgname=python3-pybind11
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="pybind11-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/pybind/pybind11"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9ca7770fc5453b10b00a4a2f99754d7a29af8952330be5f5602e7c2635fa3e79
+checksum=f1bcc07caa568eb312411dde5308b1e250bd0e1bc020fae855bf9f43209940cc
 
 post_patch() {
 	# These dependencies are not packaged and don't affect the man page