diff --git a/srcpkgs/paps/template b/srcpkgs/paps/template
index 36de5edaa2d..460daaaae54 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/paps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/paps/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'paps'
 pkgname=paps
-version=0.7.9
+version=0.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/dov/paps"
 distfiles="https://github.com/dov/paps/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5f0198a011533d915fbf9f5e47438148d1f3a056bcd90bc21d6ae6476b6f3abc
+checksum=8fd8db04e6f8c5c164806d2c1b5fea6096daf583f83f06d1e4813ea61edc291f
+python_version=3