diff --git a/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.SlackBuild b/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.SlackBuild
index 28170ac816..b9743bb133 100644
--- a/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libpeas
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.info b/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.info
index 1c58352443..72acc877e9 100644
--- a/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.info
+++ b/libraries/libpeas/libpeas.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libpeas"
-VERSION="1.6.2"
+VERSION="1.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://live.gnome.org/Libpeas"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libpeas/1.6/libpeas-1.6.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="183db6b32051a73c3b7bfbfccdc88e4c"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libpeas/1.8/libpeas-1.8.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="f63d49ab7f72e1ab9eb398c1f0750790"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""