diff --git a/package/utils/checkpolicy/Makefile b/package/utils/checkpolicy/Makefile
index 4ebf97bb3f9..179127bf1a0 100644
--- a/package/utils/checkpolicy/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/checkpolicy/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=checkpolicy
-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:=7aa48ab2222a0b9881111d6d7f70c3014d3d9338827d9e02df105a68c0df5dbc
+PKG_HASH:=7b477c516e2693d8b6c511386323177f1d7db51c2e04eb6d0de8ca2b36120e5d
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libselinux
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libselinux/host