diff --git a/academic/suitesparseconfig/patches/autoconfiscate.diff b/academic/suitesparseconfig/patches/autoconfiscate.diff
index a6a40926ee..80b550a08a 100644
--- a/academic/suitesparseconfig/patches/autoconfiscate.diff
+++ b/academic/suitesparseconfig/patches/autoconfiscate.diff
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ new file mode 100644
 +# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 +
 +AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-+AC_INIT([SuiteSparse_config],[5.6.0],[https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse],[suitesparseconfig],[http://www.suitesparse.com/])
++AC_INIT([SuiteSparse_config],[5.8.1],[https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse],[suitesparseconfig],[http://www.suitesparse.com/])
 +AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([SuiteSparse_config.c])
 +AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 +AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.SlackBuild b/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.SlackBuild
index f228f534cc..1845c790c9 100644
--- a/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for SuiteSparse_config
 
-# Copyright 2013-2020 Kyle Guinn <elyk03@gmail.com>
+# Copyright 2013-2021 Kyle Guinn <elyk03@gmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 PRGNAM=suitesparseconfig
 SRCNAM=SuiteSparse
 SUBDIR=SuiteSparse_config
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.6.0}
-SRCVER=${SRCVER:-5.6.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.8.1}
+SRCVER=${SRCVER:-5.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.info b/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.info
index 34bb7ee90f..17cea1c0bf 100644
--- a/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.info
+++ b/academic/suitesparseconfig/suitesparseconfig.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="suitesparseconfig"
-VERSION="5.6.0"
+VERSION="5.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/archive/v5.6.0/SuiteSparse-5.6.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="af8b97cbded4cd5c6672e878bc0c37c2"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/archive/v5.8.1/SuiteSparse-5.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c414679bbc9432a3def01b31ad921140"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""