diff --git a/main/libksba/template.py b/main/libksba/template.py
index 0550e27dccc..80f3cd51606 100644
--- a/main/libksba/template.py
+++ b/main/libksba/template.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname = "libksba"
-pkgver = "1.6.7"
+pkgver = "1.8.1"
 pkgrel = 0
 build_style = "gnu_configure"
 configure_gen = []
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 license = "GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 url = "https://gnupg.org/software/libksba/index.html"
 source = f"https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-{pkgver}.tar.bz2"
-sha256 = "cf72510b8ebb4eb6693eef765749d83677a03c79291a311040a5bfd79baab763"
+sha256 = "c2f84393011827219ae117131dba8e7684c2bed0961eed11b0642c2acba440b5"
 
 
 @subpackage("libksba-devel")