diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-libevdev/template b/srcpkgs/python3-libevdev/template
index 655f2308ac..0a79893726 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-libevdev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-libevdev/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-libevdev'
 pkgname=python3-libevdev
-version=0.7
+version=0.8
 revision=1
-wrksrc="python-libevdev-${version}"
+_githash=1827bebcf789adee8492cbfcc7cf8d56059a42a4
+wrksrc="python-libevdev-${version}-${_githash}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3 libevdev"
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ short_desc="Python3 wrapper around the libevdev C library"
 maintainer="bra1nwave <brainwave@openmailbox.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/python-libevdev"
-distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/python-libevdev-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1e2c9ec8cac70e34c4a4075166315640e9260ec01eccce2c74dc267fd05ea372
+distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eff61d4bfa30f3748bf2369b71d2f7d329fdede1c56bc8cf770d2b5fdf327f55
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING