diff --git a/extra/gitea/.SRCINFO b/extra/gitea/.SRCINFO
index bcc9041c5..fbf3d79e8 100644
--- a/extra/gitea/.SRCINFO
+++ b/extra/gitea/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = gitea
 	pkgdesc = Painless self-hosted Git service, community managed.
-	pkgver = 1.21.7
+	pkgver = 1.21.8
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://gitea.io
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pkgbase = gitea
 	optdepends = sqlite: SQLite support
 	options = !lto
 	backup = etc/gitea/app.ini
-	source = git+https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git#tag=2a06dba108f789ff40bda019edb00df16392cf6d?signed
+	source = git+https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git#tag=9ecc1028c2ad38692aa6c238a8549a04d6ff9a63?signed
 	source = gitea.tmpfiles
 	source = gitea.service
 	source = gitea.sysusers
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ pkgbase = gitea
 	validpgpkeys = D2CF76DA95F201E9901532AB3CDE74631F13A748
 	validpgpkeys = 82A110A44DF1A28D50C093BFB853ADA5DA7BBF7A
 	validpgpkeys = FE7C3EAEB8CD8290390B12AD3DECE05F6D9A647C
-	sha256sums = SKIP
+	sha256sums = 6449f95a896eaa187a38933aea2df0736347a1181786f2b3010354a6b11a602d
 	sha256sums = 1521fd7edc3830c695698ffe9835709f1408040b5ec989f07410972c894fa8ba
-	sha256sums = b16d02a9f32a17cc14dfa46a980bad795a4ed744627e6342248f60236dc2be43
+	sha256sums = 0725aa3d9c556229b473ee5a12a922a1ebbb88aeb02cffd0252756c8bd531959
 	sha256sums = 7e7b798b8ce035c1fb55993ece41c5efb6cad5922708866804fa50ada0cf9fa5
 
 pkgname = gitea
diff --git a/extra/gitea/.nvchecker.toml b/extra/gitea/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c36d9f3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/gitea/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[gitea]
+source = "github"
+github = "go-gitea/gitea"
+prefix = "v"
+use_latest_tag = true
+exclude_regex = ".*(pre|a|alpha|b|beta|r|rc|dev).*"
diff --git a/extra/gitea/PKGBUILD b/extra/gitea/PKGBUILD
index 25e8e3306..daf477660 100644
--- a/extra/gitea/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/gitea/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #  - don't check repo signature until author puts his keys on keyservers
 
 pkgname=gitea
-pkgver=1.21.7
+pkgver=1.21.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Painless self-hosted Git service, community managed."
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ optdepends=(
 checkdepends=(openssh)
 options=(!lto)
 backup=('etc/gitea/app.ini')
-_tag=2a06dba108f789ff40bda019edb00df16392cf6d # git rev-parse v${pkgver}
+_tag=9ecc1028c2ad38692aa6c238a8549a04d6ff9a63 # git rev-parse v${pkgver}
 source=(git+https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git#tag=${_tag}
         gitea.tmpfiles
         gitea.service
         gitea.sysusers)
-sha256sums=('SKIP'
+sha256sums=('6449f95a896eaa187a38933aea2df0736347a1181786f2b3010354a6b11a602d'
             '1521fd7edc3830c695698ffe9835709f1408040b5ec989f07410972c894fa8ba'
-            'b16d02a9f32a17cc14dfa46a980bad795a4ed744627e6342248f60236dc2be43'
+            '0725aa3d9c556229b473ee5a12a922a1ebbb88aeb02cffd0252756c8bd531959'
             '7e7b798b8ce035c1fb55993ece41c5efb6cad5922708866804fa50ada0cf9fa5')
 validpgpkeys=(
   B56E3C7437A49E136862F5DE9D8A57ADAA232E95  # Matti Ranta <matti@mdranta.net>, retrieved from https://github.com/techknowlogick.gpg
diff --git a/extra/gitea/gitea.service b/extra/gitea/gitea.service
index 126ea945e..6b66648a5 100644
--- a/extra/gitea/gitea.service
+++ b/extra/gitea/gitea.service
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
-After=syslog.target
 After=network.target
 After=mysqld.service
 After=postgresql.service