diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index ced08d87948..d015f7c03f7 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = fslpy
 	pkgdesc = The fslpy package is a collection of utilities and data abstractions used by FSLeyes.
-	pkgver = 2.7.0
+	pkgver = 2.8.1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/FSLeyes
 	arch = any
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ pkgbase = fslpy
 	depends = python-deprecation
 	optdepends = python-rtree
 	optdepends = python-pillow
-	source = fslpy-2.7.0.tar.gz::https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslpy/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=2.7.0
-	sha256sums = 7d8f5c499bfafd85917b84ee21b0c38f87c0e3c419a65a790f6e310133c3e473
+	source = fslpy-2.8.1.tar.gz::https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslpy/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=2.8.1
+	sha256sums = b9c0afb22e7485e61427057eb0ef7aec52b9198d19548f9ec5227ebe8b639641
 
 pkgname = fslpy
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c76fa1ce531..b1196d0cbaf 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Tobias Bachmann <tobachmann@gmx.de>
 pkgname=fslpy
-pkgver=2.7.0
+pkgver=2.8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The fslpy package is a collection of utilities and data abstractions used by FSLeyes."
 arch=('any')
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ provides=()
 conflicts=()
 replaces=()
 source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslpy/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=$pkgver)
-sha256sums=('7d8f5c499bfafd85917b84ee21b0c38f87c0e3c419a65a790f6e310133c3e473')
+sha256sums=('b9c0afb22e7485e61427057eb0ef7aec52b9198d19548f9ec5227ebe8b639641')
 
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/${pkgname#fsleyes-}-$pkgver-"*