diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
index 82f45ceb18f..24776524d6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rsyslog'
 pkgname=rsyslog
-version=8.40.0
+version=8.1901.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --enable-gnutls --enable-mysql
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --enable-gnutls --enable-mysql
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config postgresql-libs-devel"
 makedepends="gnutls-devel libcurl-devel libee-devel libfastjson-devel
  liblogging-devel libmysqlclient-devel mit-krb5-devel postgresql-libs-devel"
-short_desc="An Enhanced multi-threaded syslog daemon"
+short_desc="Enhanced multi-threaded syslog daemon"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.rsyslog.com"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/download/rsyslog/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=414abbdd27b65d3cd513e1a8a7ccbd110d06160759189e818ea93aca962fc194
+checksum=ab02c1f11e21b54cfaa68797f083d6f73d9d72ce7a1c04037fbe0d4cee6f27c4
 conf_files="/etc/rsyslog.conf"
 make_dirs="/etc/rsyslog.d 0755 root root"
 lib32disabled=yes
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		sed -e "s,\`\$PG_CONFIG --libdir\`,\"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib\",g" -i configure
-		sed -e "s,\`\$PG_CONFIG --includedir\`,\"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include\",g" -i configure
+		vsed -e "s,\`\$PG_CONFIG --libdir\`,\"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib\",g" -i configure
+		vsed -e "s,\`\$PG_CONFIG --includedir\`,\"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include\",g" -i configure
 	fi
 }