diff --git a/package/gnome2/metacity/metacity.desc b/package/gnome2/metacity/metacity.desc
index 8dbe8e92f..468519ba9 100644
--- a/package/gnome2/metacity/metacity.desc
+++ b/package/gnome2/metacity/metacity.desc
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.8.0
+[V] 2.8.1
 [P] X -----5---9 151.800
 
-[D] 1708442467 metacity-2.8.0.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/
+[D] 4250030910 metacity-2.8.1.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/