diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser/template b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
index d0346c8825b..622fe9cd6a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'http-parser'
 pkgname=http-parser
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="HTTP request/response parser for c"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/joyent/http-parser"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7277c6f99bf6fc272eb5d8fc3dca01e7cc1d4ae609b5d2c5d5e18added98479d
+checksum=51615f68b8d67eadfd2482decc63b3e55d749ce0055502bbb5b0032726d22d96
 make_build_target=library
 
 pre_install() {
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ pre_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/include
 }
 
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE-MIT
+}
+
 http-parser-devel_package() {
 	depends="$sourcepkg>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"