diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/lychee/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/lychee/default.nix
index 72f5b6f57fd2..657fd108b9a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/lychee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/lychee/default.nix
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "lychee";
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lycheeverse";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0kpwpbv0dqb0p4bxjlcjas6x1n91rdsvy2psrc1nyr1sh6gb1q5j";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-TjjSysG4UCXVi5ytWaJVL31TFLHC3Ro5OEB56pzbn7s=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1b915zkg41n3azk4hhg6fgc83n7iq8p7drvdyil2m2a4qdjvp9r3";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-apRXxd7RBnNjhZb0xAUr5hSTafyMbg0k1wgHT93Z66g=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];