diff --git a/libs/libarchive/Makefile b/libs/libarchive/Makefile
index 7299d1e5e2..ab1077ae92 100644
--- a/libs/libarchive/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libarchive/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libarchive
-PKG_VERSION:=3.7.9
+PKG_VERSION:=3.8.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.libarchive.org/downloads
-PKG_HASH:=ed8b5732e4cd6e30fae909fb945cad8ff9cb7be5c6cdaa3944ec96e4a200c04c
+PKG_HASH:=19f917d42d530f98815ac824d90c7eaf648e9d9a50e4f309c812457ffa5496b5
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Johannes Morgenroth <morgenroth@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause