diff --git a/libs/libssh2/Makefile b/libs/libssh2/Makefile
index 926c010c97..90e4d5b302 100644
--- a/libs/libssh2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libssh2/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libssh2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.libssh2.org/download
-PKG_HASH:=39f34e2f6835f4b992cafe8625073a88e5a28ba78f83e8099610a7b3af4676d4
+PKG_HASH:=40b517f35b1bb869d0075b15125c7a015557f53a5a3a6a8bffb89b69fd70f159
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf