diff --git a/packages/wayland/libxkbcommon/package.mk b/packages/wayland/libxkbcommon/package.mk
index 6930a70bba..d76682593f 100644
--- a/packages/wayland/libxkbcommon/package.mk
+++ b/packages/wayland/libxkbcommon/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libxkbcommon"
-PKG_VERSION="1.7.0"
-PKG_SHA256="65782f0a10a4b455af9c6baab7040e2f537520caa2ec2092805cdfd36863b247"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="c65c668810db305c4454ba26a10b6d84a96b5469719fe3c729e1c6542b8d0d87"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://xkbcommon.org"
-PKG_URL="https://xkbcommon.org/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/archive/refs/tags/xkbcommon-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain xkeyboard-config libxml2"
 PKG_LONGDESC="xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions."