diff --git a/net/haproxy/Makefile b/net/haproxy/Makefile
index a1f858c4c..217684d71 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/haproxy/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=haproxy
-PKG_VERSION:=2.8.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.8.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.8/src
-PKG_HASH:=61cdafb5db7e9174d0757b8e4bcde938352306fb7cc8ff2b5f55c26dd48a6cf7
+PKG_HASH:=485552fcd9d5d5f41aad046f131fc0a7e849bef25a349a040750af0c6fc56807
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>, \
 		Christian Lachner <gladiac@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
index 6b60869c0..e36680e64 100755
--- a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
+++ b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 CLONEURL=https://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-2.8.git
-BASE_TAG=v2.8.0
+BASE_TAG=v2.8.1
 TMP_REPODIR=tmprepo
 PATCHESDIR=patches