diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index af05d8c8d44..a568ab84285 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'ffmpeg'
 pkgname=ffmpeg
-version=2.8
-revision=3
+version=2.8.1
+revision=1
 short_desc="Decoding, encoding and streaming software"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.ffmpeg.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/ffmpeg-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9565236404d3515aab754283c687c0a001019003148bf7f708e643608c0690b8
+checksum=e2ed5ab28dee1af94336739173eb0019afc21a54e38a96f4e3208e94a07866e2
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl yasm"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel freetype-devel alsa-lib-devel libXfixes-devel