diff --git a/srcpkgs/scdoc/template b/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
index d1fe79c9cf9..c7e9602ec41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'scdoc'
 pkgname=scdoc
-version=1.6.1
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Tool for generating roff manual pages"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Julio Galvan <juliogalvan@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc"
 distfiles="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b8ed537b9dcec1f2f546cc194dfe2263eea9adf49b37a8b71cebb7d5e91d979b
+checksum=24a5800062ffc8b21b91020a3289b20824cad4b42327957bed4cd815001bc984
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" scdoc"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pre_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		vsed -e "s|^HOST_SCDOC=.*|HOST_SCDOC=/usr/bin/scdoc|g" -i Makefile
 	fi
-	sed -e "s/\" VERSION \"/ ${version}/g" -i src/main.c
+	vsed -e "s/\" VERSION \"/ ${version}/g" -i src/main.c
 }
 
 post_install() {