diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 4cb39720907..9963da50118 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://python-requests.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b2f003589b60924909c0acde472590c5ea83906986a7a25b6f7929eb20923b7b
+checksum=84fe8d5bf4dcdcc49002446c47a146d17ac10facf00d9086659064ac43b6c25b
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts