diff --git a/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile b/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
index b1a34d293e0..e9072d01ea7 100644
--- a/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libsepol
-PKG_VERSION:=3.5
+PKG_VERSION:=3.8.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=78fdaf69924db780bac78546e43d9c44074bad798c2c415d0b9bb96d065ee8a2
+PKG_HASH:=0e78705305f955abd4c0654d37a5477ee26349ab74db9e2b03a7868897ae1ddf
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:selinuxproject:libsepol