diff --git a/packages/debug/gdb/package.mk b/packages/debug/gdb/package.mk
index e27deef08c..1153af3383 100644
--- a/packages/debug/gdb/package.mk
+++ b/packages/debug/gdb/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
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 PKG_NAME="gdb"
-PKG_VERSION="7.12.1"
-PKG_SHA256="4607680b973d3ec92c30ad029f1b7dbde3876869e6b3a117d8a7e90081113186"
+PKG_VERSION="8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="af61a0263858e69c5dce51eab26662ff3d2ad9aa68da9583e8143b5426be4b34"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"