diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index a72a9bb52c..95bafbdf0f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template build file for "git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.8.0.3
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=48d8c0e845b47044c1f5d3c9b2797145727646bf9de35ab0136695844d63ff73
+checksum=285cc1a9c8751ea62fa568e2462f286fa535e0d847f06ae686c8180e53360c2e
 
 subpackages="git-docs git-perl git-python"
 # Required by https://