diff --git a/srcpkgs/R-cran-pillar/template b/srcpkgs/R-cran-pillar/template
index c7a529db88f..2ec3e7bb9b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/R-cran-pillar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/R-cran-pillar/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'R-cran-pillar'
 pkgname=R-cran-pillar
-version=1.7.0
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=R-cran
 makedepends="R-cran-cli R-cran-crayon R-cran-ellipsis R-cran-lifecycle
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ short_desc="Coloured Formatting for Columns"
 maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cam@nohom.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/r-lib/pillar/"
-checksum="7841f89658cc8935568c0ff24dc480b4481bac896de2f6447050abc4360a13bb
- 7841f89658cc8935568c0ff24dc480b4481bac896de2f6447050abc4360a13bb"
+checksum="2f06a7cc9e5638390c9b98a6ec9a9ec1beec0f2b9dbdfa42e39a5ab2456d87ec
+ 2f06a7cc9e5638390c9b98a6ec9a9ec1beec0f2b9dbdfa42e39a5ab2456d87ec"