diff --git a/package/libunwind/libunwind.hash b/package/libunwind/libunwind.hash
index 1d532a7830..512cc7b9b5 100644
--- a/package/libunwind/libunwind.hash
+++ b/package/libunwind/libunwind.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256  4a6aec666991fb45d0889c44aede8ad6eb108071c3554fcdff671f9c94794976  libunwind-1.6.2.tar.gz
+sha256  ddf0e32dd5fafe5283198d37e4bf9decf7ba1770b6e7e006c33e6df79e6a6157  libunwind-1.8.1.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  6a0dbbdaec2b3136b7bf045586f4212bdf74e7af688bf9dfe9154607cf5ec156  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk b/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
index 94e9bbd1b8..3eb3b483d1 100644
--- a/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
+++ b/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBUNWIND_VERSION = 1.6.2
-LIBUNWIND_SITE = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/libunwind
+LIBUNWIND_VERSION = 1.8.1
+LIBUNWIND_SITE = https://github.com/libunwind/libunwind/releases/download/v$(LIBUNWIND_VERSION)
 LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBUNWIND_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBUNWIND_LICENSE = MIT