diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 02734e965d..e7dbc50945 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="readline"
-PKG_VERSION="8.0"
-PKG_SHA256="e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461"
+PKG_VERSION="8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/readline/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"