diff --git a/srcpkgs/jrnl/template b/srcpkgs/jrnl/template
index 3a124475791..357b3296922 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jrnl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jrnl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'jrnl'
 pkgname=jrnl
-version=2.7.1
+version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://jrnl.sh"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/develop/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/j/jrnl/jrnl-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=53fa205afc3853c5e93ecf2bdcef2208331cc8ce235bfe864edfe936780888ca
-
-do_check() {
-	: # Downloads many deps and no tests are ran
-}
+checksum=a69f0fa9be3dff7fa32d8a2ea3697ed828329b1db595fde23bbba5eab460d519
+# Tarball provides no tests
+make_check=no