diff --git a/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk b/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
index 69cb3369a4..b40109471d 100644
--- a/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
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 PKG_NAME="libgcrypt"
-PKG_VERSION="1.7.6"
-PKG_SHA256="626aafee84af9d2ce253d2c143dc1c0902dda045780cc241f39970fc60be05bc"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="7a2875f8b1ae0301732e878c0cca2c9664ff09ef71408f085c50e332656a78b3"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.gnupg.org/"