diff --git a/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild b/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
index 5d49ba4ac2..1fd609d530 100644
--- a/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/dkms/dkms.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=dkms
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/dkms/dkms.info b/development/dkms/dkms.info
index f0bc0884bf..10f54c65ae 100644
--- a/development/dkms/dkms.info
+++ b/development/dkms/dkms.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dkms"
-VERSION="2.7.1"
+VERSION="2.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/dell/dkms"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dell/dkms/archive/v2.7.1/dkms-2.7.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3b24016722f1c1aa931fdab4a1e25c64"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/dell/dkms/archive/v2.8.1/dkms-2.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8b6385674c3cb22e5079ef786aacf695"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""