diff --git a/package/libs/readline/Makefile b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
index e0204104c5..d41a6d74f4 100644
--- a/package/libs/readline/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/readline/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=readline
-PKG_VERSION:=8.0
+PKG_VERSION:=8.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/readline
-PKG_HASH:=e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461
+PKG_HASH:=f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:readline