diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtracefs/template b/srcpkgs/libtracefs/template
index 13aca1dcda5..8455463e3bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtracefs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtracefs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libtracefs'
 pkgname=libtracefs
-version=1.7.0
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="libdir_relative=lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only, LGPL-2.1-only"
 homepage="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/"
 distfiles="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/snapshot/libtracefs-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=411fcbf3434ecbaefa6c2b1bf092266293a672e2d7ee46fdd6b402753cb8bd16
+checksum=d295aa20d711c313a9e229dbd15ba14026f0c1a50d57ae8b0823cc561b23745f
 
 do_check() {
 	make ${makejobs} test