diff --git a/package/libldns/libldns.hash b/package/libldns/libldns.hash
index c8fb39d478..cab8b7dbdf 100644
--- a/package/libldns/libldns.hash
+++ b/package/libldns/libldns.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.7.1.tar.gz.sha1
-sha1 d075a08972c0f573101fb4a6250471daaa53cb3e  ldns-1.7.1.tar.gz
-# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.7.1.tar.gz.sha256
-sha256 8ac84c16bdca60e710eea75782356f3ac3b55680d40e1530d7cea474ac208229  ldns-1.7.1.tar.gz
+# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.1.tar.gz.sha1
+sha1  df19a0404a608821b571525214a18988bc88bb46  ldns-1.8.1.tar.gz
+# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.1.tar.gz.sha256
+sha256  958229abce4d3aaa19a75c0d127666564b17216902186e952ca4aef47c6d7fa3  ldns-1.8.1.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file:
-sha256 9e0b1505c358d1a7c79555ee8bd1acbe2985dbc74dd81f3697cebf2161e922e6  LICENSE
+sha256  9e0b1505c358d1a7c79555ee8bd1acbe2985dbc74dd81f3697cebf2161e922e6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libldns/libldns.mk b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
index 9c248bbc19..7deca978da 100644
--- a/package/libldns/libldns.mk
+++ b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBLDNS_VERSION = 1.7.1
+LIBLDNS_VERSION = 1.8.1
 LIBLDNS_SOURCE = ldns-$(LIBLDNS_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBLDNS_SITE = http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns
 LIBLDNS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause