diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk
index 56c0a80ffc..5bd756a6f7 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libconfig"
-PKG_VERSION="1.7.3"
-PKG_SHA256="68757e37c567fd026330c8a8449aa5f9cac08a642f213f2687186b903bd7e94e"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="e95798d2992a66ecd547ce3651d7e10642ff2211427c43a7238186ff4c372627"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"