diff --git a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template b/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
index 13bdac95a7380b..5c213d565d91f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'Signal-Desktop'
 pkgname=Signal-Desktop
-version=7.87.0
+version=8.1.0
 revision=1
 # *-musl could potentially work based on the Alpine port:
 # https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/testing/signal-desktop
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="dkwo <npiazza@disroot.org>"
 license="AGPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop"
 distfiles="https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=42457dd05857090cde4c3db0ac898aab0c0b56997d19a41baf7e2c0ac5b9adbc
+checksum=f9e42d00ef3981c044eaffd320ba53097109426de9f4b3005a3baaeae9e621d7
 nostrip_files="signal-desktop"
 nocross="gyp -> aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option '-m64'"