diff --git a/extra/earlyoom/.SRCINFO b/extra/earlyoom/.SRCINFO
index f70548928..216faf20c 100644
--- a/extra/earlyoom/.SRCINFO
+++ b/extra/earlyoom/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = earlyoom
 	pkgdesc = Early OOM Daemon for Linux
-	pkgver = 1.8
+	pkgver = 1.8.1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgbase = earlyoom
 	depends = glibc
 	optdepends = systembus-notify: desktop notifications
 	backup = etc/default/earlyoom
-	source = https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/archive/v1.8/earlyoom-1.8.tar.gz
-	sha256sums = bbb050a2294e60dafc0b129fcec705ef95d9d27f4c9dae1d3b4f25e4f698ae41
+	source = https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/archive/v1.8.1/earlyoom-1.8.1.tar.gz
+	sha256sums = d7d180353216c064a99619e20e3071ac838e6642221d197fd685e6a0cc8bb032
 
 pkgname = earlyoom
diff --git a/extra/earlyoom/PKGBUILD b/extra/earlyoom/PKGBUILD
index 35f4c9905..715c9c6fe 100644
--- a/extra/earlyoom/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/earlyoom/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #  - remove makedepend on pandoc
 
 pkgname=earlyoom
-pkgver=1.8
+pkgver=1.8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Early OOM Daemon for Linux"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=('glibc')
 optdepends=('systembus-notify: desktop notifications')
 backup=("etc/default/earlyoom")
 source=("https://github.com/rfjakob/$pkgname/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('bbb050a2294e60dafc0b129fcec705ef95d9d27f4c9dae1d3b4f25e4f698ae41')
+sha256sums=('d7d180353216c064a99619e20e3071ac838e6642221d197fd685e6a0cc8bb032')
 
 prepare() {
     cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"