diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a020fc94c7..fcacd5b974 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	New packages: tcpreplay, hostapd
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: autoconf, bind, binutils, busybox,
-	directfb, iw, libpcap, lighttpd, mesa, pcre, usbutils
+	directfb, iw, libfuse, libpcap, lighttpd, mesa, pcre, usbutils
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
diff --git a/package/fuse/libfuse.mk b/package/fuse/libfuse.mk
index 05bc3897d3..b45f9ee1e7 100644
--- a/package/fuse/libfuse.mk
+++ b/package/fuse/libfuse.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # libfuse
 #
 #############################################################
-LIBFUSE_VERSION:=2.7.3
+LIBFUSE_VERSION:=2.8.1
 LIBFUSE_SOURCE:=fuse-$(LIBFUSE_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBFUSE_SITE:=http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fuse/
 LIBFUSE_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/fuse-$(LIBFUSE_VERSION)