diff --git a/srcpkgs/picom/template b/srcpkgs/picom/template
index 8d3d917647..d968f28f53 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/picom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/picom/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'picom'
 pkgname=picom
-version=8
-revision=2
+version=8.1
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dwith_docs=true"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config asciidoc"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
 license="MIT, MPL-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/yshui/picom/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/yshui/picom/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f839a3c058ca90f463eae3973a9381cf2fe93be7d0e58db1c28ea72acd10480f
+checksum=793700a87368120680a2b281db02c70b23fe7832e50cdb049149139e32688f02
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSES/MIT