diff --git a/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.SlackBuild b/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.SlackBuild
index 8837ae02c4..b35b4abc96 100644
--- a/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=cutadapt
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.info b/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.info
index 115c60b2f5..d898344bec 100644
--- a/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.info
+++ b/academic/cutadapt/cutadapt.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="cutadapt"
-VERSION="1.8"
+VERSION="1.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cutadapt/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cutadapt/cutadapt-1.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="73cc9c52d1b14883c24a4c29b16e0b61"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cutadapt/cutadapt-1.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="bcc9cc9d5ac5c8fc5bf91aad42fa7f82"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/academic/cutadapt/slack-desc b/academic/cutadapt/slack-desc
index b4a0da5f16..3f5f023923 100644
--- a/academic/cutadapt/slack-desc
+++ b/academic/cutadapt/slack-desc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cutadapt: tails and other types of unwanted sequence from your high-
 cutadapt: throughput sequencing reads.
 cutadapt:
 cutadapt: Home: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cutadapt/
-cutadapt: Reference: /usr/doc/cutadapt-1.8/CITATION
+cutadapt: Reference: /usr/doc/cutadapt-1.8.1/CITATION
 cutadapt:
 cutadapt:
 cutadapt: