diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template b/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
index 6dc876145d..bfeef65df2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-dateutil'
 pkgname=python-dateutil
-version=2.8.0
-revision=4
+version=2.8.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="dateutil"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c89805f6f4d64db21ed966fda138f8a5ed7a4fdbc1a8ee329ce1b74e3c74da9e
+checksum=73ebfe9dbf22e832286dafa60473e4cd239f8592f699aa5adaf10050e6e1823c
 
 pre_build() {
 	# don't install zoneinfo tarball