diff --git a/audio/pulseaudio-qt/Makefile b/audio/pulseaudio-qt/Makefile
index adb80b0e360a..1769f294f15d 100644
--- a/audio/pulseaudio-qt/Makefile
+++ b/audio/pulseaudio-qt/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pulseaudio-qt
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 MASTER_SITES=	KDE/stable/${PORTNAME}
 CATEGORIES=	audio kde
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	6
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pulseaudio bindings for Qt
 WWW=		https://invent.kde.org/libraries/pulseaudio-qt
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21 LGPL3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++20-lang gettext gl gnome kde:6 \
 		pkgconfig qt:6 shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_GL=		gl opengl # GLX
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_KDE=	ecm:build
 USE_QT=		base
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/pulseaudio-qt/distinfo b/audio/pulseaudio-qt/distinfo
index 437678a3827c..74769b45580f 100644
--- a/audio/pulseaudio-qt/distinfo
+++ b/audio/pulseaudio-qt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1739547904
-SHA256 (pulseaudio-qt-1.7.0.tar.xz) = 6a18db76dd2bcc3df7d9a9379c025295817264baa1f2ed8caaac7da44e04e931
-SIZE (pulseaudio-qt-1.7.0.tar.xz) = 40684
+TIMESTAMP = 1772537942
+SHA256 (pulseaudio-qt-1.8.1.tar.xz) = 79619c55b94808aa7d307fb234ad39a1096d088f21f806be0e788be79a76b3c9
+SIZE (pulseaudio-qt-1.8.1.tar.xz) = 41168