diff --git a/srcpkgs/yara/template b/srcpkgs/yara/template
index b02b1963f49..70eee19f770 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yara/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yara/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'yara'
 pkgname=yara
-version=3.7.1
-revision=4
+version=3.8.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-magic --enable-cuckoo"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://virustotal.github.io/yara/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=df077a29b0fffbf4e7c575f838a440f42d09b215fcb3971e6fb6360318a64892
+checksum=283527711269354d3c60e2705f7f74b1f769d2d35ddba8f7f9ce97d0fd5cb1ca
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi