diff --git a/python3-importlib_metadata/.footprint b/python3-importlib_metadata/.footprint
index 0b61ebd4a..a65468f30 100644
--- a/python3-importlib_metadata/.footprint
+++ b/python3-importlib_metadata/.footprint
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.7.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata-4.8.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/importlib_metadata/__pycache__/
diff --git a/python3-importlib_metadata/.signature b/python3-importlib_metadata/.signature
index 2b7eb1644..285ca0574 100644
--- a/python3-importlib_metadata/.signature
+++ b/python3-importlib_metadata/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF39hcpieQcTyP3CXaY8R4ejth5Qsvi4Dn7urlkQJ86t5FYEChMZH8UCAhE+OuSA6JKNAwAEQheTTwCBZrwET0JA8=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = ef6b4f5711b08538f0deb43c6c2b1dd9f9928c24d757131ae3887ade7dc2b976
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 0292badaf56756f32b45d5e59d1f6f3813ca9d8433253a9ec662a0737e42dfd5
-SHA256 (importlib_metadata-4.7.1.tar.gz) = c4eb3dec5f697682e383a39701a7de11cd5c02daf8dd93534b69e3e6473f6b1b
+RWSagIOpLGJF3x7dYsPbHyMl5YujjKTJ9q+96fwMIFNvsF503R2G/ON2n/XkXGvr37UJdpHCg/A7K2RIIMKMBRPZm3snkE0r7gA=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 27d553f30c1c28bba398a9950436f9dd2a2dba4ee38679324341eb2fbfc60c38
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 00bcbad77e3db4145af1720bc9e251b270859a81a2341afa691050a0f27ae242
+SHA256 (importlib_metadata-4.8.1.tar.gz) = f284b3e11256ad1e5d03ab86bb2ccd6f5339688ff17a4d797a0fe7df326f23b1
diff --git a/python3-importlib_metadata/Pkgfile b/python3-importlib_metadata/Pkgfile
index 0c66a86f0..ae0764ed2 100644
--- a/python3-importlib_metadata/Pkgfile
+++ b/python3-importlib_metadata/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: python3-zipp python3-setuptools-scm python3-toml
 
 name=python3-importlib_metadata
-version=4.7.1
+version=4.8.1
 release=1
 source=(https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/importlib_metadata/importlib_metadata-$version.tar.gz)