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index 7968c96fb7a2..4dd59aa5eee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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index 45395cdb6077..7af8cc7dc2fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@actions/core/-/core-1.4.0.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@actions/github/-/github-5.0.0.tgz";
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+      path = fetchurl {
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@actions/http-client/-/http-client-1.0.11.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/core/-/core-3.5.1.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/endpoint/-/endpoint-6.0.12.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/graphql/-/graphql-4.6.4.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/rest/-/rest-18.8.0.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-6.23.0.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-6.25.0.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/allchange/-/allchange-1.0.0.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.2.2.tgz";
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+      path = fetchurl {
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-color/-/cli-color-2.0.0.tgz";
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+      path = fetchurl {
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/d/-/d-1.0.1.tgz";
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+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deprecation/-/deprecation-2.3.1.tgz";
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     {
       name = "node_addon_api___node_addon_api_1.7.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -3489,6 +3785,14 @@
         sha1 = "3df30b95720b53c24e59948b49532b662444f54d";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "node_fetch___node_fetch_2.6.1.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "node_fetch___node_fetch_2.6.1.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz";
+        sha1 = "045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "node_gyp___node_gyp_7.1.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -4610,11 +4914,11 @@
       };
     }
     {
-      name = "tar___tar_6.1.0.tgz";
+      name = "tar___tar_6.1.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
-        name = "tar___tar_6.1.0.tgz";
-        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-6.1.0.tgz";
-        sha1 = "d1724e9bcc04b977b18d5c573b333a2207229a83";
+        name = "tar___tar_6.1.2.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-6.1.2.tgz";
+        sha1 = "1f045a90a6eb23557a603595f41a16c57d47adc6";
       };
     }
     {
@@ -4633,6 +4937,14 @@
         sha1 = "7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "timers_ext___timers_ext_0.1.7.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "timers_ext___timers_ext_0.1.7.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/timers-ext/-/timers-ext-0.1.7.tgz";
+        sha1 = "6f57ad8578e07a3fb9f91d9387d65647555e25c6";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "timm___timm_1.7.1.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -4809,6 +5121,22 @@
         sha1 = "09e249ebde851d3b1e48d27c105444667f17b83d";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "type___type_1.2.0.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "type___type_1.2.0.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type/-/type-1.2.0.tgz";
+        sha1 = "848dd7698dafa3e54a6c479e759c4bc3f18847a0";
+      };
+    }
+    {
+      name = "type___type_2.5.0.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "type___type_2.5.0.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type/-/type-2.5.0.tgz";
+        sha1 = "0a2e78c2e77907b252abe5f298c1b01c63f0db3d";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "typedarray_to_buffer___typedarray_to_buffer_3.1.5.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -4857,6 +5185,14 @@
         sha1 = "39c6451f81afb2749de2b233e3f7c5e8843bd89d";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "universal_user_agent___universal_user_agent_6.0.0.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "universal_user_agent___universal_user_agent_6.0.0.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-6.0.0.tgz";
+        sha1 = "3381f8503b251c0d9cd21bc1de939ec9df5480ee";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "universalify___universalify_0.1.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
index fd7074f005eb..a82fe8ce344b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "element-desktop";
-  version = "1.7.34";
+  version = "1.8.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "element-desktop";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-4d2IOngiRcKd4k0jnilAR3Sojkfru3dlqtoBYi3zeLY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-FIKbyfnRuHBbmtjwxNC//n5UiGTCQNr+PeiZEi3+RGI=";
   };
   electron_exec = if stdenv.isDarwin then "${electron}/Applications/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron" else "${electron}/bin/electron";
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
index 8b14820656a5..a40ccf49f773 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "element-web";
-  version = "1.7.34";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/download/v${version}/element-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-0M2LuVSHIGRwzq00wgzlzTVWh3WItNN+JDNf+u+9V30=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-C2oWYpPxMeSgGKyjUe6Ih13ggZliN4bmAX5cakzW1u8=";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''