diff --git a/community/fwupd/PKGBUILD b/community/fwupd/PKGBUILD
index 5a62dd881..f1c8b7d4f 100644
--- a/community/fwupd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/fwupd/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #  - replace efi_sbat_distro_url with ALARM URL
 
 pkgname=fwupd
-pkgver=1.8.0
+pkgver=1.8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Simple daemon to allow session software to update firmware"
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ backup=('etc/fwupd/daemon.conf'
         'etc/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf'
 )
 source=("https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/releases/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.asc})
-sha256sums=('2c09622e7392a30b4e450434338cf670d43328c2f213f46c5ffff101689fae9b'
+sha256sums=('5756466442eb9134fb40cdc8a46f9e01003247c8eac82fa5d8b16f6420375b79'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=(163EB50119225DB3DF8F49EA17ACBA8DFA970E17) # Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>