diff --git a/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.hash b/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.hash
index 296f7fe137..011833027c 100644
--- a/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.hash
+++ b/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Releases
-sha256  db0641aeafefec46612c7c2ddd33ef1060bb721ce64842d2a96c33dddb5eb176  semodule-utils-3.7.tar.gz
+sha256  7705b0db059c53a21d6a77c0b50f6c467d91a0ea92ff875f1c93527cd2762395  semodule-utils-3.8.1.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  204d8eff92f95aac4df6c8122bc1505f468f3a901e5a4cc08940e0ede1938994  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.mk b/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.mk
index c9d3af4509..ae32e6cd80 100644
--- a/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.mk
+++ b/package/semodule-utils/semodule-utils.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SEMODULE_UTILS_VERSION = 3.7
+SEMODULE_UTILS_VERSION = 3.8.1
 SEMODULE_UTILS_SITE = https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/$(SEMODULE_UTILS_VERSION)
 SEMODULE_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 SEMODULE_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE