diff --git a/utils/semodule-utils/Makefile b/utils/semodule-utils/Makefile
index fe2d723bbf..84a641550f 100644
--- a/utils/semodule-utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/semodule-utils/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=semodule-utils
-PKG_VERSION:=3.6
+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:=eedb88f2b2124e538f2d614be063c0d9ac3eacc0c51a4da44500ca1ed1ba16f4
+PKG_HASH:=7705b0db059c53a21d6a77c0b50f6c467d91a0ea92ff875f1c93527cd2762395
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only