diff --git a/srcpkgs/putty/template b/srcpkgs/putty/template
index 9f70a820a72..403eded3c57 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/putty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/putty/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'putty'
 pkgname=putty
-version=0.78
+version=0.81
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/"
 changelog="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html"
 distfiles="https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/putty-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=274e01bcac6bd155dfd647b2f18f791b4b17ff313753aa919fcae2e32d34614f
+checksum=cb8b00a94f453494e345a3df281d7a3ed26bb0dd7e36264f145206f8857639fe
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error -UNDEBUG"