diff --git a/srcpkgs/wayfire/template b/srcpkgs/wayfire/template
index 42caa0af15b..3b3376abcd1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wayfire/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wayfire/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'wayfire'
 pkgname=wayfire
-version=0.7.5
-revision=2
-_utils_commit=889fdafa7b09fc6ce70313fd3f067cfc8c21a2ac
+version=0.8.1
+revision=1
+_utils_commit=15f8e16721585ae3eaf278ba71d7064237eb23f5
 _touch_commit=8974eb0f6a65464b63dd03b842795cb441fb6403
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dprint_trace=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel"
-makedepends="wf-config-devel wlroots0.16-devel cairo-devel pango-devel
+makedepends="wf-config-devel wlroots-devel cairo-devel pango-devel json-c++
  $(vopt_if image 'libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel')"
 depends="xorg-server-xwayland"
 short_desc="3D wayland compositor"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ homepage="https://wayfire.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/WayfireWM/wf-utils/archive/${_utils_commit}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/WayfireWM/wf-touch/archive/${_touch_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum="ae9a44d3ddcdf97b2dbe2baeeaf880f24f95bfb18e11e1dd5ad7443c26c5e19e
- bbde37e1a8b5ecb322096b32891593c14264800291be8773f7f0708fc110ed2f
+checksum="04f43df21167db15d266f7e01085b111680d57779ebc27a410201f995b33c6df
+ 5f0a0f523b29bd73e0f11d63079315d3a0a3c3cae6ce9b557e0433e25b5a0d92
  09061c8a4d3d964e8dcfd1a7b97f7dc43d0fc30743b0993585439c6923ce422f"
 
 # Optimization for nested STL calls