diff --git a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
index 56a45c5398..8999db8970 100644
--- a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# From https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html
+sha1 dd35f00da45602afe81e01f4d60c40bbdd826fe6  libgcrypt-1.8.1.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.9.tar.bz2.sig
-sha256  bfe9bb703c1126c3647da2810fd23039c2f09d46969f71612c2065dc3fa9373b  libgcrypt-1.7.9.tar.bz2
+# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.8.1.tar.bz2.sig
+sha256  7a2875f8b1ae0301732e878c0cca2c9664ff09ef71408f085c50e332656a78b3  libgcrypt-1.8.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
index fe3ac5cfff..fbbb83162e 100644
--- a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGCRYPT_VERSION = 1.7.9
+LIBGCRYPT_VERSION = 1.8.1
 LIBGCRYPT_SOURCE = libgcrypt-$(LIBGCRYPT_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBGCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB