diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/default.nix
index 2e4658a68c9..6530d737c33 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "reaper-${version}";
-  version = "5.980";
+  version = "5.981";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.reaper.fm/files/${stdenv.lib.versions.major version}.x/reaper${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] version}_linux_x86_64.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ij5cx43gf05q0d57p4slsp7wkq2cdb3ymh2n5iqgqjl9rf26h1q";
+    sha256 = "0v4347i0pgzlinas4431dfbv1h9fk6vihvahh73valxvhydyxr8q";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook makeWrapper ];