diff --git a/libraries/libversion/libversion.SlackBuild b/libraries/libversion/libversion.SlackBuild
index 8729e68afc..b64de86fd1 100644
--- a/libraries/libversion/libversion.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libversion/libversion.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libversion
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libversion/libversion.info b/libraries/libversion/libversion.info
index e85886092f..5be3dd3cf7 100644
--- a/libraries/libversion/libversion.info
+++ b/libraries/libversion/libversion.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libversion"
-VERSION="2.7.0"
+VERSION="2.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/repology/libversion"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/repology/libversion/archive/2.7.0/libversion-2.7.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ae1576e862ac7bd6cb0e3e1f80b7d08e"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/repology/libversion/archive/2.8.1/libversion-2.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d6e00e5330c4bc24005dd9144500c25f"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""