diff --git a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.hash b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.hash
index ba5d644676..34d76f157b 100644
--- a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.hash
+++ b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256 5deb2462cbf0c0121c9d6c9823ec72fe71417e34242e3509bc7c003d526465bc  jsoncpp-1.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256 858db2faf348f89fdf1062bd3e79256772e897e7f17df73e0624edf004f2f9ac  jsoncpp-1.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
index b1e64dd305..b4aea56eff 100644
--- a/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
+++ b/package/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JSONCPP_VERSION = 1.8.0
+JSONCPP_VERSION = 1.8.1
 JSONCPP_SITE = $(call github,open-source-parsers,jsoncpp,$(JSONCPP_VERSION))
 JSONCPP_LICENSE = Public Domain or MIT
 JSONCPP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE