diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
index a844b97d399..48c9555fbad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libvpx6'
 pkgname=libvpx6
-version=1.8.0
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc=libvpx-${version}
 hostmakedepends="perl yasm"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause-Clear"
 homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=86df18c694e1c06cc8f83d2d816e9270747a0ce6abe316e93a4f4095689373f6
+checksum=df19b8f24758e90640e1ab228ab4a4676ec3df19d23e4593375e6f3847dee03e
 replaces="libvpx<1.8.0"
 
 do_configure() {