diff --git a/srcpkgs/picom/template b/srcpkgs/picom/template
index aefb85b1d3..884f94e20c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/picom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/picom/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'picom'
 pkgname=picom
-version=7.5
+version=8
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dbuild_docs=true"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="MIT, MPL-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/yshui/picom/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/yshui/picom/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1fdeda688d09643563e4314f885beaf074023235e56598ae98d481364e615607
+checksum=f839a3c058ca90f463eae3973a9381cf2fe93be7d0e58db1c28ea72acd10480f
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSES/MIT