diff --git a/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD b/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
index e7acb843f..b4add4c95 100644
--- a/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  - remove makedepend on pandoc, don't generate manuals
 
 pkgname=cppcheck
-pkgver=2.8
+pkgver=2.8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='A tool for static C/C++ code analysis'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ optdepends=(
   'clang: for cppcheck-gui integration'
 )
 options=('debug')
-_commit='61f846073d9c348b408b21230790007bc8a022c2'
+_commit='ac38e9fdb30f242f9bd66b9552db14561885931c'
 source=(
   "$pkgname::git+https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck.git#commit=$_commit"
   'translations-location.patch'