diff --git a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
index db394362f18..5a462985b88 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'seafile-libclient'
 # WARNING: upstream sometimes retag source. Wait for official announcement
 pkgname=seafile-libclient
-version=7.0.10
-revision=2
+version=8.0.1
+revision=1
 _distname="${pkgname/-libclient/}"
 wrksrc="${_distname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="yopito <pierre.bourgin@free.fr>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later" # Has openssl exception not yet present on SPDX
 homepage="https://seafile.com"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9ac0a1c25e6f2bf874b5b080a165319f29cb3d03f044da8db8aed8412c8b4f45
+checksum=117e686301f32e91d46b16453c43eb959cbd818f8c28ee3a594705bd103e59b9
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
diff --git a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a26f83a4fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# upstream sometimes retag source
+# use upstream's Ubuntu focal repo to detect new version.
+site='https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/focal/pool/main/s/seafile-daemon/'
+pattern='seafile-daemon_\K[\d.]+(?=_amd64.deb)'