diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index aca3ec6255..6e0cec8f11 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=7.6
+version=8.1
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=1d9bfe8b427ca5f8cffa0b462f861e4157c946fbeaf0884d273bbd6cab1c25d4
+checksum=5ea1adda4df2ad61e0184f5c7b08a2ad13db1a581d5da19610dd3c4718c1c8b0
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities