diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4eeeb264e5..b5b6086d24 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2966,7 +2966,7 @@ libhackrf.so.0 libhackrf-2017.02.1_1
 libtecla.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libtecla_r.so.1 libtecla-1.6.3_1
 libzim.so.6 libzim-6.0.1_1
-libkiwix.so.7 kiwix-lib-7.0.0_1
+libkiwix.so.8 kiwix-lib-8.0.1_1
 libaria2.so.0 libaria2-1.33.1_3
 librpm.so.8 librpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmsign.so.8 librpmsign-4.14.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 59d441e639..ec26cb3ae2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
 pkgname=kiwix-lib
-version=7.0.0
+version=8.0.1
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.kiwix.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=716486b96210349421167a0291ac2f9db26a82eac8924afc078d3227e01754ae
+checksum=7ec123fb33f73b4835e869680fe81145a63d25b90bbfd67a187f814d4f907a90
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv6l*)