diff --git a/testing/php81-pecl-imagick/APKBUILD b/testing/php81-pecl-imagick/APKBUILD
index 295d679015b..7229389051b 100644
--- a/testing/php81-pecl-imagick/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/php81-pecl-imagick/APKBUILD
@@ -2,34 +2,36 @@
 # Maintainer: Andy Postnikov <apostnikov@gmail.com>
 pkgname=php81-pecl-imagick
 _extname=imagick
-pkgver=3.7.0
-pkgrel=5
+pkgver=3.8.0_rc2
+_pkgver=${pkgver/_rc/RC}
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="PHP 8.1 extension provides a wrapper to the ImageMagick library - PECL"
 url="https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick"
 arch="all !x86" # https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/12537
 license="PHP-3.01"
-depends="php81-common imagemagick"
+_phpv=81
+_php=php$_phpv
+depends="$_php-common imagemagick"
 checkdepends="ghostscript-fonts
 	imagemagick-jpeg
 	imagemagick-svg
 	"
-makedepends="php81-dev imagemagick-dev"
+makedepends="$_php-dev imagemagick-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
-source="php-pecl-$_extname-$pkgver.tgz::https://pecl.php.net/get/$_extname-$pkgver.tgz"
-builddir="$srcdir/$_extname-$pkgver"
+source="php-pecl-$_extname-$pkgver.tgz::https://pecl.php.net/get/$_extname-$_pkgver.tgz"
+builddir="$srcdir/$_extname-$_pkgver"
 
 install_if="php-$_extname php$_phpv"
 
 build() {
-	phpize81
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --with-php-config=php-config81
+	phpize$_phpv
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --with-php-config=php-config$_phpv
 	make
 }
 
 check() {
-	php81 -dextension=modules/$_extname.so --ri $_extname
+	$_php -dextension=modules/$_extname.so --ri $_extname
 
-	rm -f tests/316_Imagick_getImageKurtosis.phpt
 	# see https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/12537
 	[ "$CARCH" = x86 ] && rm -f tests/166_Imagick_waveImage_basic.phpt
 	make NO_INTERACTION=1 REPORT_EXIT_STATUS=1 test TESTS=--show-diff
@@ -38,11 +40,11 @@ check() {
 package() {
 	make INSTALL_ROOT="$pkgdir" install
 
-	local _confdir="$pkgdir"/etc/php81/conf.d
+	local _confdir="$pkgdir"/etc/$_php/conf.d
 	mkdir -p $_confdir
 	echo "extension=$_extname" > $_confdir/$_extname.ini
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-c84408e4e4a0c46d979240e06d58d264c6bb21f3b95e3d434c8a21cd808f6c495fd453ef9c07b5c44dac81c6f205b6697f8ecaf1a65a86ce4e9052328a389ebe  php-pecl-imagick-3.7.0.tgz
+f94ef037df8afb371b8b8b0cac96fc72e4719b0c73537b65ceb36ba5db10b6b172b94374b41349ffba6854fa1177344007bf528e378cb720fe562fd9d4170185  php-pecl-imagick-3.8.0_rc2.tgz
 "