diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.hash b/package/nodejs/nodejs.hash
index 0246ce074b..989616c33f 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.hash
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From upstream URL: http://nodejs.org/dist/v8.0.0/SHASUMS256.txt
-sha256  258d3aa3632bbbf2a447c5d524bd7074e23aa26e2b698774ff452954f6174f1c  node-v8.0.0.tar.xz
+# From upstream URL: http://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.2/SHASUMS256.txt
+sha256  ac190c1964ee0c28d4c163c0ccbb47435b2e4bd9b4c065b74a93373105c574b3  node-v8.1.2.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 90ca7224bf..c757b2501f 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NODEJS_VERSION = 8.0.0
+NODEJS_VERSION = 8.1.2
 NODEJS_SOURCE = node-v$(NODEJS_VERSION).tar.xz
 NODEJS_SITE = http://nodejs.org/dist/v$(NODEJS_VERSION)
 NODEJS_DEPENDENCIES = host-python host-nodejs zlib \