diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nexusforge/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nexusforge/package.py
index 0e75abb528c86b..c206bdc450bddf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nexusforge/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-nexusforge/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class PyNexusforge(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-forge"
     pypi = "nexusforge/nexusforge-0.7.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version("0.8.1", sha256="eb2909cbec185e7a73191c1be1e62902a0d8534f0d93454ef3e4e3b18b5129cf")
     version("0.8.0", sha256="4358505ead26e41c2a0c4e6113cf3a486c9661e2a3899394497a2b5a94b70424")
     version("0.7.0", sha256="a8d2951d9ad18df9f2f4db31a4c18fcdd27bfcec929b03a3c91f133ea439413c")
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class PyNexusforge(PythonPackage):
     depends_on("py-pandas", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-nexus-sdk", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-aiohttp", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-rdflib@6.0.0:", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-rdflib@6.2.0:", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-pyld", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-pyshacl@0.17.2", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-nest-asyncio@1.5.1:", type=("build", "run"))