diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index 75957f7a6b..9333a82a6a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ and multimedia programs in the Python language.")
 
 (define-public python-pygame-sdl2
   (let ((real-version "2.1.0")
-        (renpy-version "8.0.3"))
+        (renpy-version "8.1.0"))
     (package
       (inherit python-pygame)
       (name "python-pygame-sdl2")
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ and multimedia programs in the Python language.")
          (method url-fetch)
          (uri (string-append "https://www.renpy.org/dl/" renpy-version
                              "/pygame_sdl2-" version ".tar.gz"))
-         (sha256 (base32 "1nq78mybkvshshdjy5bly6nfq6dnwll648ng62fwmksxpni17486"))
+         (sha256 (base32 "1qj39jqnv334p4wnxc2v5qxyahp7nkqf9hpdd2sgqcmgaqwnqqmj"))
          (modules '((guix build utils)))
          (snippet
           '(begin