diff --git a/package/dnsdist/Makefile b/package/dnsdist/Makefile
index 66a21d6..81ee7de 100644
--- a/package/dnsdist/Makefile
+++ b/package/dnsdist/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsdist
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=pdns6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=pdns1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
-PKG_HASH:=1c0d375c25453d349b88e03ff589aa2603ca8692fc98364c068ead372804704f
+PKG_HASH:=05f356fcce29c4ece03c2d8df046adff3aaab0b036d6801c1a311c6d5bb3c07f
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk@powerdns.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only