diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index b12c842..36463f1 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = aurutils
 	pkgdesc = helper tools for the arch user repository
-	pkgver = 8
+	pkgver = 8.1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/AladW/aurutils
 	install = aurutils.install
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pkgbase = aurutils
 	optdepends = devtools: aur-chroot
 	optdepends = vifm: default pager
 	optdepends = ninja: aur-sync ninja support
-	source = aurutils-8.tar.gz::https://github.com/AladW/aurutils/archive/refs/tags/8.tar.gz
-	sha256sums = 56ae3a79147b7663b31b6e3a6791717398915bfffdb23f4af907d4472f5bfca7
+	source = aurutils-8.1.tar.gz::https://github.com/AladW/aurutils/archive/refs/tags/8.1.tar.gz
+	sha256sums = 19efcaba7f56d3fd3e1130d5092e41ac73e623f075e741aca893b0e3adeae2f1
 
 pkgname = aurutils
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b923736..65a4ca0 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Alad Wenter <https://github.com/AladW>
 # Co-Maintainer: Cedric Girard <cgirard [dot] archlinux [at] valinor [dot] fr>
 pkgname=aurutils
-pkgver=8
+pkgver=8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='helper tools for the arch user repository'
 url='https://github.com/AladW/aurutils'
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license=('custom:ISC')
 source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver.tar.gz")
 changelog=aurutils.changelog
 install=aurutils.install
-sha256sums=('56ae3a79147b7663b31b6e3a6791717398915bfffdb23f4af907d4472f5bfca7')
+sha256sums=('19efcaba7f56d3fd3e1130d5092e41ac73e623f075e741aca893b0e3adeae2f1')
 depends=('git' 'jq' 'pacutils' 'curl' 'expect')
 optdepends=('bash-completion: bash completion'
             'zsh: zsh completion'
diff --git a/aurutils.changelog b/aurutils.changelog
index b1462a6..33bbb75 100644
--- a/aurutils.changelog
+++ b/aurutils.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 8.1
+
+* `aur-srcver`
+  + fix directory to source the build script from (#958)
+
 ## 8
 
 * `aur-chroot`