diff --git a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
index b52e988f19c..6464a95123f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/riot-desktop/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'riot-desktop'
 pkgname=riot-desktop
-version=1.0.3
+version=1.0.8
 revision=1
 archs="i686 x86_64"
 wrksrc="riot-web-${version}"
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/config.json"
-hostmakedepends="git nodejs"
+hostmakedepends="git nodejs yarn"
 depends="c-ares ffmpeg gtk+3 http-parser libevent libxslt minizip nss re2 snappy"
 short_desc="Glossy Matrix collaboration client, desktop version"
 maintainer="zethra <jediben97@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://riot.im"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=08fb87299b2589c93760112c03edc3a8e4962b966d78c1fe56bf39f97323d02a
+checksum=f1c2711f3f177a4285d8d0e6bf664127aaf3e763f16bac5e36b46a1fff65db32
 nocross=yes
 nostrip=yes
 shlib_provides="libGLVESv2.so"